Anthony Head with a little friend

The Hollywood Reporter released an article announcing that former “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Merlin” star will be replacing Pierce Brosnan as Chiron in the sequel, Sea of Monsters.

Anthony Head is familiar with the trainer/teacher role as he played that role as Giles in Buffy for about 7 years, and he played it well.  Some can say they found Giles to be quite attractive in a way, and of course it doesn’t hurt to have a British accent.

I think this role would be good for him, however, I’m curious as to how he’ll transition the role from the way Pierce portrayed Chiron into that of his own.

With Nathan Fillion portraying Hermes, I was ecstatic for him and this movie because he’s such a familiar presence in the geekdom and I was hoping that will boost the interest in this movie.  So, with Anthony joining the cast, it’s just another reason for the geekdom, who should be familiar with Head as well, to take interest.

Anthony has been recently seen in the Fantasy TV series, Merlin, as well as on the big screen in the movie The Iron Lady (well, I guess he was also in Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, but we won’t talk about that.)

Anthony Head as King Uther in Merlin

What do you think?  Do you think Anthony will take over the role well enough, or that Pierce should’ve come back?  I for one don’t mind the change.