Cooper, Fassbender lead contenders for Lance Armstrong role January 22, 2013 - 20:10 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Bradley Cooper and Michael Fassbender are the lead contenders to play Lance Armstrong in a forthcoming biopic, Digital Spy said. According to Ladbrokes, the Silver Linings Playbook and Prometheus stars are leading the pack with 3/1 odds each. Bradley Cooper told the BBC this morning that he would be interested in the role, saying: "I think he's fascinating. What a fascinating character." Tom Hardy, Matthew McConaughey and Liam Hemsworth are next in line, with 8/1, 10/1 and 12/1 odds respectively. McConaughey recently spoke out about his feelings regarding Armstrong's confession, admitting that he was initially "pissed off". Ladbrokes also put the biopic's odds of winning the 'Best Picture' Oscar in 2014 at 33/1. Star Trek director JJ Abrams recently purchased the rights to Armstrong's biography, in partnership with Paramount Pictures. Former cyclist Armstrong confessed to having used banned substances in competition during an interview with Oprah Winfrey last week.   Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty  Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza.Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations.Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |
