Julia Roberts and Unbroken star Jack O’Connell are reportedly in talks to star in Jodie Foster’s next directing effort Money Monster. The film already has George Clooney in the leading role.
The financial thriller is set at TriStar and stars Clooney as Lee Gates, a TV personality who hosts the show the film is named for.
Sources for TheWrap say that O’Connell is being considered for the part of Kyle Budwell, a blue-collar worker who feels exploited by Wall Street. He’s about to have a baby, so he decided to call up Gates and hijack his show to jack up the price of a stock.
Roberts would play Nancy Fenn, Gates’ executive producer and love interest. As The Hollywood Reporter points out, this would be her first pairing with Clooney since Ocean's Thirteen.
Money Monster was originally written by Alan DiFore and Jim Kouf, but Jamie Linden wrote the latest draft. It is being produced by Allegiance Theater with Clooney and Grant Heslov’s Smokehouse.
O’Connell may not be a major star at the moment, but he soon will be. He plays World War II POW Louis Zamperini in Angelina Jolie’s Unbroken, which opens on Christmas Day. He was also seen in 300: Rise of an Empire and recently filmed the romantic drama Section 6.
As for Roberts, the Oscar winner was last seen in August: Osage County.
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