Actor, James Russo will be co-staring along side Johnny Depp again in the upcoming Black Mass. Mass is a biopic that will be directed by Scott Copper and is being described as Whitey Bulger biopic.
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Russo and Depp most recently worked together on Public Enemies but in Black Mass the actors will be playing opposite each other, The Wrap reported.
Russo will be playing FBI agent Scott Garriola who was well known for being the agent that took down Bulger. Bulger was one of the largest and most notorious crime gangster in Boston.
Garriola was the lead of the FBI's fugitive task force in Los Angeles when the agency found and took in Bulger. At the time of his arrest Bulger was already 80 years old.
Copper who is known for his work directing, Out of the Furance will be working with Russo and Depp on this film, which marks the fourth time they have acted together. They have also stared in Donnie Brasco, The Ninth Gate and Public Enemies.
MSN reported that the film will also star Joel Edgerton, Adam Scott, Dakota Johnson, Corey Stoll and Benedict Cumberbatch. Cumberbatch will be playing Depp's brother in the film.