Liam Neeson’s career has been at an all time high over the past two years and his future looks even more promising. The actor has just been confirmed to star in Oscar nominated director Lee Daniels civil rights drama Selma as President Lyndon B. Johnson. All this time everyone pegged him to play Abraham Lincoln and he went behind our backs and got cast as Johnson instead.
Academy Award nominated director Lee Daniels is hard at work on his next film, a civil rights drama entitled, Selma. Two major castings have already been made, one being Hugh Jackman and the other his Precious star Lenny Kravitz. According to Reuters, he’s hired another actor to play one of the most influential men of the 20th century, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Hugh Jackman has landed a new role that will be a far departure from his stint as Wolverine in the X-Men series. The Australian actor has been cast as the lead in the next film from Precious director, Lee Daniels. According to USA Today, the pair will team up for Selma, a civil rights drama that he hopes to start filming soon.
