Oscar Issac Joins 'A Most Violent Year'
Wed, December 4, 2013 
Oscar Issac - currently in the conversation for an 'Oscar' himself for his lead role in the Coen brothers' Inside Llewyn Davis - is set to join J.C. Chandor's A Most Violent Year, replacing an already Oscar winner in Javier Bardem (also ironically worked with Coen brothers too).
Chandor - himself also in the Oscar conversation for his directorial effort with Robert Redford in All Is Lost - announced last night that Issac would be replacing Bardem in the period-drama set in 1981, statistically the most violent year on record in America.
Acting opposite two-time Academy Award nominee Jessica Chastain, Issac would play an Hispanic man who comes to America with dreams of making it big, going on to become a successful businessman.
Bardem had been attached to the project for months and was working on the script with Chandor, but ultimately, left due to creative differences.
I say no loss there as I think Issac has the potential to be just as great, if not better than Bardem himself.
Shooting is scheduled to begin in New York the end of next month.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
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