Tobey Maguire to play Bobby Fischer
Tobey Maguire will star in the movie The Pawn Sacrifice directed by Edward Zwick, dedicated to the great American chess player Bobby Fischer. This is reported by The Hollywood Reporter. The movie focuses on Fischer's rapid ascent to the top of the chess Olympus in the 60s of the last century, which ended in the famous competition with Soviet chess player Boris Spassky in 1972, at the peak of Kholodnaya war. Fischer was considered by many leading experts to be the most outstanding chess player of the 20th century. He was an eight-time US champion, defeated the leading Soviet chess players in a match in 1970, showing an unprecedented result - 85 percent, and then took the chess crown from Spassky. After this victory, Fischer never again took part in official tournaments and led a reclusive lifestyle. He passed away in 2008. Maguire will also act as one of the producers of the project. The shooting schedule of the movie has not yet been specified. Recall that the last work of Edward Zwick was the movie Love and Other Drugs. The Topic of Article: Tobey Maguire to play Bobby Fischer. |
