Damon Lands Kennedy Role
By WENNWednesday, February 24, 2010
MATT DAMON is preparing to follow in the footsteps of stars including CASEY AFFLECK and MARTIN SHEEN by playing tragic U.S. Senator ROBERT F. KENNEDY.
The actor is in talks to star in a new biopic about the politician, who was assassinated in 1968, just five years after his brother President John F. Kennedy was gunned down in Dallas, Texas.
Kennedy has previously been portrayed on screen by Sheen in 1974 TV movie The Missiles of October, by Affleck in The Kennedys of Massachusetts, and more recently by Dave Fraunces in 2006’s Bobby.
Now Damon is considering tackling the role in the untitled project with Seabiscuit director Gary Ross, according to Deadline Hollywood Daily.
The website reports the movie will be based on Evan Thomas’ biography of Kennedy, titled His Life, and Damon will only sign the contract after he has approved the script.
