Owen Wilson needs nothing to do with a film leaning into the concept O.J. Simpson was harmless of the notorious ’94 murders — turning down a boatload for the lead half.
The partially completed flick’s director, Joshua Newton, admits he thought Owen was excellent for the position of lawyer Douglas McCann, however he says even dangling a whopping $12 million examine could not sway Owen to signal on the dotted line.
Newton tells Rambling Reporter talks initially went fairly deep with Owen about taking part in McCann … a real-life lawyer who acquired sucked into numerous conspiracy theories throughout Simpson’s 1995 prison trial.
He says they mentioned it over lunch, his agent was all in and the paycheck was the cherry on high to sweeten the deal. However, apparently, Owen hadn’t learn the entire script at that time — as a result of Newton says the actor later dropped the bombshell … “If you think I’m going to take the lead role in a movie about how O.J. didn’t do it, you’ve got to be kidding me!”
Whereas Newton’s dream casting hit a significant snag, he went on to seek out one other particular person excellent for the position — he hasn’t revealed who it’s but, however actress Charlotte Kirk is reportedly taking part in Nicole Brown Simpson.
Goes with out saying, Newton’s nonetheless pushing to get this flick throughout the end line by Oct 3 — virtually 9 years after it first began, and the twenty ninth anniversary of Simpson’s not-guilty verdict for the murders of his ex-wife Nicole and Ron Goldman.
Keep in mind, Simpson was later discovered civilly liable for his or her deaths, and ordered to pay Nicole’s property and the Goldman household greater than $33 million … which, with curiosity, has ballooned to greater than $100 million.
Simpson died earlier this month after battling most cancers.
