Local actors seem to have again been snubbed in favour of Hollywood's Oscar winners Forest Whitaker and Vince Vaughn, who will star in the lead roles in a film set in post-apartheid South Africa. News broke yesterday that Whitaker will play Desmond Tutu in the long-awaited film The Archbishop and the Antichrist,an adaptation of Michael Ashton's play of the same name. It details Tutu's meetings with murderer Piet Blomfield, played by Vaughn, who seeks redemption for crimes committed while serving a life sentence.The film shows conversations between Tutu, who headed the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and Blomfield, an Afrikaner killer and former member of an apartheid death squad .The film, which has been in development for a few years, will be directed by Roland Joffe, who co-wrote the screenplay with Ashton.The Guardian reported Tannaz Anisi, president of 13 Films, which will handle international rights, praised Whitaker and Vaughn."Forest Whitaker brings a great sense of depth and power to all his performances and he is the perfect match for Tutu's complex character, while Vince Vaughn continues to prove his wide-ranging acting skills," said Anisi.This is not the first time big-name Hollywood actors will play leading roles in a film about South Africa. UK actor Idris Elba played Nelson Mandela in Long Walk to Freedom and the role of Winnie Mandela was bagged by another Briton, Naomi Harris. Jennifer Hudson played the lead in Winnie and Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon played Mandela and Francois Pienaar respectively in Invictus...