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" Stuart Townsend has left the cast of Marvel&amp;#039;s upcoming Thor movie, reports The AP. Joshua Dallas, who appeared in recent horror film The Descent: Part 2 will take over from Townsend in the role of Asgardian warrior Fandral. According to Ain&amp;#039;t It Cool News, Townsend was released from the comic book project after arriving six hours late for a screen test. The Irish actor was famously dismissed from the cast of Peter Jackson&amp;#039;s Lord Of The Rings trilogy and replaced by Viggo Mortensen before filming commenced in 1999. Kennth Branagh&amp;#039;s Thor, starring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman and Anthony Hopkins, is due out in cinemas in May 2011. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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