Bardem Drops out of Killing Pablo, Edgar Ramirez Steps In
August 17th, 2008 in Action, Actors, Book-to-Movie, Development Hell, Directors, Drama, Movie News, Movies
It seems that hit HBO show Entourage is rather prophetic in its satire. Just like Vince Chase’s Medellin project, it seems that reality’s attempts to make a film about the insane exploits of Columbian drug baron/philanthropoligist Pablo Escobar is fraught with difficulties also. Javier Bardem, who would have been perfect for the role, has dropped out of the adaptation of Killing Pablo. Bardem would have starred alongside Christian Bale as Major Steve Jacoby.
Director Joe Carnahan has, however, found a replacement in actor Edgar Ramirez, best known for his role in The Bourne Ultimatum, as the assassin Paz, and also for Vantage Point. But here’s where is gets confusing. It’s well know that two Escobar films are in production at the moment, the other being Escobar, produced by Oliver Stone and directed by Antoine Fuqua. But IMDB has Ramirez playing Escobar in the latter, and not Killing Pablo. This has been known foe sometime. Is it a case of wrong information, or has Ramirez been whisked away to the bigger film?
Escobar and Killing Pablo both aim to see a 2009 release.
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