Sam Rockwell will replace Leonardo DiCaprio
Director Clint Eastwood performed an Oscar-winning castling in the biographical drama The Ballad of Richard Jewell. Another Academy Award winner Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) will take Leonardo DiCaprio's place in the cast.The main character of the film will be a security officer of the AT & T corporation Richard Jewell, who was recruited to patrol the Olympic Park during the Atlanta Summer Games. On July 27, 1996, an ex-police officer discovered an orphaned backpack and immediately contacted the Georgia State Bureau of Investigation. While a detachment of sappers studied the find, Jewell helped lead the park's visitors to a safe area. Unfortunately, after a few minutes the bomb went off. The explosion claimed the life of a 44-year-old Georgia resident and injured several dozen Olympics guests. Jewell's actions helped to avoid more casualties. Richard was declared a national hero, but after a few days the FBI unexpectedly put forward a version that he could have planted explosives with his own hand. Journalists seized on this theory and began to throw mud at yesterday's favorite of America. As a result, it turned out that the guard was not involved in the crime. Due to the fact that the FBI and the police threw forces on the development of the initial version, the real criminal fled from justice and subsequently blew up a gay nightclub and two abortion clinics.  The tape has been in development since 2014, when 20th Century Fox acquired the film rights to Marie Brenner's article "The Ballad of Richard Jewell." At the same time, it was announced that the role of the security guard would be played by John Hill, and Leonardo DiCaprio would appear as his lawyer. A year later, Clint Eastwood took over as the director's chair. Despite the super-stellar line-up of the project, Fox executives never got the ballad into production. As a result, she, along with other Fox assets, went under the wing of the Disney studio. Last month, Warner Bros. bought the rights to the project. Eastwood has kindly agreed to stay on as director, but Hill and DiCaprio have decided to limit themselves to production functions. Now Sam Rockwell will have to clear the good name of Richard Jewell.  "The Ballad of Richard Jewell" has clearly moved into the casting stage, which means that WB and Eastwood will soon decide on the name of the second star of the film. Source: The Hollywood Reporter The Topic of Article: Sam Rockwell will replace Leonardo DiCaprio. |
