Bryan Cranston In Talks For Ben Affleck’s ‘Argo’
This is a piece of info that could probably be rounded up into an aggregate casting piece, but I love the idea ofBen Affleck’s filmArgoso much that we’ll give it some space. The movie isbased on the true storyof CIA agents posing as a movie crew in Tehran, while really attempting to smuggle diplomats out of the country.George ClooneyandGrant Heslovare producing; the script is byChris Terriobased on “How the CIA Used a Fake Sci-Fi Flick to Rescue Americans from Tehran” by Joshuah Bearman.
This week saw the confirmation that Ben Affleck would play the lead role, CIA agent Tony Mendez, andAlan ArkinandJohn Goodmanhave beenrecentlyconfirmed, too. NowBryan Cranstonis negotiating for a role — this guy is on a tear lately.
Bryan Cranston would play CIA agent Jack O’Donnell, a former bodyguard to President Eisenhower and now the man who acts as boss to Tony Mendez. The sad thing there is that suggests we might not see much of him. Probably a couple scenes with him back in Langley issuing an order or two, or reacting to the situation from afar. Hopefully he’ll get to do more than those boilerplate ‘CIA leader’ scenes, though.
In addition to this, which hasn’t yet begun to shoot, and so is at least a year from release, you can see Bryan Cranston this week inLarry Crowne(not a ticket-buying decision I’d recommend, sadly) and soon in the fourth season ofBreaking Bad. He’s in Nicolas Winding Refn’sDriveand Steven Soderbergh’sContagion, both out this fall, and he has shot parts inRed TailsandJohn Carteras well. Plus, he’s inTotal RecallandRock of Ages, both of which are in production now. That’s quite a film resume he’s building up — obviouslyBreaking Badmade people really look at the dad fromMalcolm in the Middlein a new light. [THR]
