Casey Affleck will play the infamous Robert Ford in Warner Bros.' adaptation of Robert Hansen novel "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" reports Variety.
Brad Pitt plays famed gunslinger James in the period oater. Ford is a youth who joined the James gang and went from idolizing to resenting the man known as the fastest gun in the West. He figured on making his rep by gunning down James but shot his mentor in the back, stamping himself the most famous coward around.
The film, which shoots in two weeks, will be directed by Andrew Dominik ("Chopper"). Pitt's Plan B and Ridley and Tony Scott's Scott Free produce. Affleck will next be seen in DreamWorks pic "The Last Kiss."
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