Christian Bale will no longer be playing the role of Enzo Ferrari in the film of the same name.
Deadline reports that Bale has stepped down due to concerns regarding the amount of weight he'd have to put on to play the Italian automaker.
Spring of this year was just not enough time for Bale to safely put on all that extra weight. Director Michael Mann is looking to now cast a fuller-figured actor to play Ferrari.
Bale's exit isn't slowing production, Deadline says—the project is still on track. Financed by Vendian Entertainment and YooZoo Bliss Film Fund, Enzo Ferrari will start filming in Italy in the summer. The film is written by Troy Kennedy-Martin (Edge of Darkness), and based on Brock Yates's book, "Enzo Ferrari, The Man, the Cars, the Races."
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Deadline reports that Bale has stepped down due to concerns regarding the amount of weight he'd have to put on to play the Italian automaker.
Spring of this year was just not enough time for Bale to safely put on all that extra weight. Director Michael Mann is looking to now cast a fuller-figured actor to play Ferrari.
Bale's exit isn't slowing production, Deadline says—the project is still on track. Financed by Vendian Entertainment and YooZoo Bliss Film Fund, Enzo Ferrari will start filming in Italy in the summer. The film is written by Troy Kennedy-Martin (Edge of Darkness), and based on Brock Yates's book, "Enzo Ferrari, The Man, the Cars, the Races."
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