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NBC John Malkovich 'Crossbones' Cast TV Show Premiere: Undead Marvel Blackbeard at 50 [VIDEO]

One might wonder why after all these years in major motion pictures of all kinds a critical acclaimed, ever-popular talent like John Malkovich would resort to staring in a network series based on a non-fictional book, but then again why does John Malkovich do anything. Perhaps it was the conceptual marvel center of the NBC premiere pirate epic that swayed the Red 2 actor to take the role of a 50-something Blackbeard the Pirate. The TV show isn't based on The Republic of Pirates--about that life of renowned sailor Edward Teach and his death at the hands of the British in 1718--so much as it is inspired by its mythic legend. Crossbones is a series that asks the question what if Blackbeard had gone on pillaging and plundering for another 15 years or so? Not as some Walking Dead-esqe undead pirate zombie, but an even more seasoned, crueler version of already legendary killer.