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Casting Roundup: Theron, Chastain and Farrell Get the Gigs
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All of the week's hot casting news in one fell swoop ...
• Seth MacFarlane has scored quite the cowgirl! The "Ted" funnyman has rounded up the gorgeous (and quite funny herself) Charlize Theron to star in his new film, "A Million Ways to Die in the West," a self-described "Blazing Saddles"-type comedy about a sheepish farmer who chickens out of a gunfight and sees his girlfriend leave him. [Heat Vision]
• Colin Farrell and Oscar nominee Jessica Chastain are going classical with "Miss Julie," director Liv Ullmann's take on August Strindberg's 19th-century stage play about the sexually-charged battle of wills between a wealthy socialite and one of her head servants, with the servant's fiancee popping up every now and then to make things even more interesting. Samantha Morton is also set to star. [The Hollywood Reporter] Get More »
Michelle Williams Gets Theatrical with 'Miss Julie'
Michelle Williams will soon be treading the boards, as they say.
The "My Week With Marilyn" star is set for something a little more classical as she's attached to a new adaptation of August Strindberg's stage play, "Miss Julie," according to The Playlist.
"Miss Julie" is a much-celebrated three-character play that takes place at a Count's estate over one midsummer night in 1874, where Miss Julie, an aristocrat, breaks free from society's shackles and dances at a servants' party — and ends up falling for a footman named Jean. Get More »