And The Star of Kathryn Bigelow's 'Bin Laden' Movie Is...Chris Pratt?
Tue, December 13, 2011 
Well I didn't see that one coming.
Twitch is reporting that Kathryn Bigelow has found her lead actor for her long-anticipated, Osama Bin Laden centered follow-up to the Academy Award winning The Hurt Locker: Chris Pratt.
Yes, the guy who started out on the WB TV show, Everwood (and is currently known to most for his goofiness on NBC's Parks and Recreation), will be hunting down Osama Bin Laden come next year.
For those who don't know, Bigelow had this film in development prior to the U.S. finding and killing Bin Laden this past year when it was then known as Kill Bin Laden. The film, currently untitled, would have been based around the hunt for Bin Laden but with most likely no resolution as he hadn't been found...yet. Once the news came out that he had indeed been killed by U.S. forces earlier this year, Bigelow began reconstructing her film as a true story of how the terrorist figure was taken down.
As for Chris Pratt, this is nothing short of an inspired choice by Bigelow as many would probably figure she was gunning for a more "man's man" type of actor (apparently Joel Edgerton was in talks for the role but had to bail out due to scheduling conflicts). While Pratt was very good in a supporting role in this year's Moneyball, this role is definitely going a long way in stretching his acting chops as he will been taking on the lead in a very big film with an Academy Award winning director behind the camera.
I'm anxious to see how this all turns out as it would be great to see Pratt hit the A-list (hey, look what happened to Jeremy Renner).
Source: Twitch
Reader Comments (1)
I guess this means Andy's suddenly going to be super ripped on Parks and Recreation.
I'd love to see him get a chance to do something challenging; he's amazing on Parks!