Five-time Oscar nominee Amy Adams is in talks to join Kumail Nanjiani and Mark Ruffalo in the post-9/11 drama The True American. Pablo Larrain (Jackie) will direct the film, based on the non-fiction book by Anand Giridharadas. Tom Hardy was originally tapped to star, but instead he will next play Al Capone in Josh Trank’s Fonzo.
The True American tells the true story of Rais Bhuiyan, a Bangladeshi immigrant working in a Texas convenience store, who narrowly escaped death in a killing spree perpetrated by white supremacist Mark Stroman as revenge for the 9/11 attacks. Despite losing sight in one eye as a result of the attack, Bhuiyan would later fight to spare Stroman from the death penalty. Kumail Nanjiani is in talks to play Bhuiyan, while Mark Ruffalo circles the part of Stroman.
A five-time Oscar-nominee, Adams has become one of Hollywood’s most accomplished actors. Adams scored her first Supporting Actress nomination for 2006’s Junebug, following that up with three more supporting nods in Doubt, The Fighter and The Master. Adams received her first Best Actress nomination for 2014’s American Hustle. Mainstream movie fans know her best as Lois Lane in three DCEU movies, including last year’s Justice League. Adams also starred in the well-received 2016 sci-fi movie Arrival. In addition to True American, Adams has also lined up future roles in Adam McKay’s Dick Cheney biopic Backseat and in Adam Shankman’s Enchanted sequel Disenchanted.
Will one of these future projects finally get Adams that elusive first Oscar win? Some would argue she deserved to win for Arrival, though the Academy did not even see fit to nominate that performance. The True American likely will not see Adams taking on a lead role, so a Best Actress nomination is probably out. But Best Supporting Actress could be in the offing. The project certainly has all the makings of a prestige film that will garner awards buzz. Larrain previously directed Natalie Portman to an Oscar-nominated performance in the biopic Jackie.
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Source: Variety
