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Summary Hollywood actor Joel Edgerton said he is in talks to star in film about the killing of OBL.
Edgerton confirmed on Saturday he is in talks to lead a stellar cast in a film about the killing of Osama bin Laden to be directed by Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow.The 37-year-old Australian, who starred alongside Tom Hardy in martial arts blockbuster Warrior, said he has been in contact with Bigelows team over a possible lead role although a deal is yet to be struck.Ive been involved with those guys for a long time. The thing was I was possibly going to be involved when the film was of a different incarnation, before bin Laden was killed, he told AFP.Bigelow, who won an Academy Award for best director for The Hurt Locker in 2008, is firming up the cast for the controversial film, with Idris Elba, Guy Pearce and Hardy all also reportedly pencilled in for roles.Republican politicians in the United States voiced concerns that Barack Obamas administration leaked classified details about Mays Navy SEALs mission to the team behind the still-untitled film, slated for release in December. The White House has denied the allegations.Bigelow had reportedly been planning a film about the hunt for bin Laden long before the raid on the terror kingpins compound in northern Pakistan in May last year.Edgerton -- a black belt in karate -- has not revealed which part he is being lined up for in the hotly-anticipated film, but a Navy SEAL role would see him cement the tough guy image he crafted during the making of Warrior.Speaking during a tour of eye hospitals in Kathmandu, the actor said he underwent a gruelling training schedule and sustained several injuries during the filming of Warrior, which tells the story of two estranged brothers entering a mixed martial arts tournament.Edgerton, who is due to play Tom Buchanan in Baz Luhrmanns The Great Gatsby, said he was hospitalised twice for MRI scans and tore a knee ligament on the set in Pennsylvania.Edgerton said however his toned six-pack abdomen was probably now just a two-pack and added that he believed co-star Hardy would win in a real-life fight between the actors, who play brothers in the film.
