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<\/a>Darren Aronofsky tweeted<\/a> this morning that Nick Nolte has just been added to the cast of Noah<\/a><\/i> as the voice of Samyaza, one of the Watchers or Nephilim. (In most Jewish literature, the Nephilim are the offspring of the Watchers, but in Aronofsky\u2019s film, they appear to be one and the same.) This is a little concerning, as the character had originally<\/a> been played by Mark Margolis, an actor who has appeared in every single one of Aronofsky\u2019s previous films. Margolis will still be represented in the film, sort of, as he provided the motion-capture performance<\/a> that the CGI character is based on. But still, I had assumed his voice<\/i> would be in the film. Let\u2019s hope this bit of last-minute re-casting hasn\u2019t been imposed on the film by the studio, the way New Line Cinema forced Chris Weitz<\/a> to replace Nonso Anozie with Ian McKellen as the voice of an armoured bear in The Golden Compass<\/a><\/i> (2007).<\/p>\nJanuary 18 update:<\/b> I just noticed that Aronofsky posted a follow-up tweet<\/a> in which he assured Margolis fans that the actor is still in the film \u2014 as the voice of another<\/i> Watcher named Magog. All right, then. Oh, and Aronofsky also indicated that Frank Langella may be voicing one of the Watchers, too. That could be interesting.<\/p>\n mark margolis fans, fear not, mark plays watcher Magog as always, #noah<\/a> . long live the nephilim. nolte joins mark and frank langella.<\/p>\n \u2014 darren aronofsky (@DarrenAronofsky) January 14, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n