According to The Hollywood Reporter, director Ang Lee has replaced Tobey Maguire, who was to play the role of “The Writer” in Life of Pi, with Rafe Spall, recently seen in Prometheus. Apparently, Lee decided that Maguire was too recognizable in a cast of unknowns. I guess he didn’t want the tiger upstaged by a spider(man)!
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Casting change for Life of Pi
September 6th, 2012 · No Comments · Hear It Here First, HighBridge at the Movies
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Life of Pi casting news
April 12th, 2011 · No Comments · Hear It Here First, HighBridge at the Movies
According to the Hollywood Reporter, actor Tobey Maguire has been cast in Ang Lee’s film Life of Pi, based on the Yann Martel bestseller. Maguire will play a reporter interviewing the adult Pi (played by Irrfan Khan) about being shipwrecked as a 16-year old (played by Suraj Sharma). Filming is currently underway in India.
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