Stephen King’s "Dark Tower" unveils first official pictures

PanARMENIAN.Net - The first official pictures of "The Dark Tower" have been released following some leaked set photos, AceShowbiz said. They include a glimpse of Matthew McConaughey's Walter Padick a.k.a. the Man in Black who is walking around The Dixie Pig, the seedy hangout of sinister forces like Low Men and Taheen, a look at Idris Elba's gunslinger Roland Deschain, and a behind-the-scenes shot with director Nikolaj Arcel and star Elba during a break of the filming.

The two main actors also cover the latest issue of EW magazine. Speaking to the publication, McConaughey shares how he perceives his villainous character. "They wanted to go very human and grounded with this," he says, "Obviously there are mythical proportions of good and evil in Walter. But we didn't want to go overly fantastic. That would drop the humanity. So Walter, for me, is a man who exposes hypocrisies."

While Roland loathes Walter for the loss of everything he has ever known or cared about, McConaughey says his character doesn't return the hard feelings. "I revere him," he says, adding, "He's really the only true adversary I have. I expose hypocrisies, and he's the closest to pure there is. It's his persistent, resilience to be good and altruistic. He's very precious to me. I almost don't want to see him go."

McConaughey says Walter's mission is to bring down the Tower. "All the gaps between the worlds are filled with blackness and evil," the actor says of what happens if it falls. "Once I bring the Tower down, and take a seat next to the Crimson King, I've got my own plans from there as well."