After Mike Tyson, it is former US President Bill Clinton’s turn to do a cameo in Hangover sequel. Clinton will play himself in a brief role in the Todd Phillips directed comedy, which is filming in Thailand. The former President shot his part on Saturday in Bangkok, where he was visiting to deliver a speech on clean energy, People magazine reported.
The sequel reunites the original star cast of Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis and Justin Bartha. Earlier, Mel Gibson was to do a cameo as a tattoo artist but he lost the part following a backlash from the studio officials and Galifianakis. Liam Neeson replaced Gibson. Mike Tyson had placed himself in the original movie, which was set in Las Vegas.
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Pitt plans to make movie on Chilean miners
London: Hollywood heartthrob Brad Pitt is keen to make a film with his production company on the tragic real incident of the 33 trapped Chilean miners. The Troy star wants his production company Plan B to make a big-screen adaptation about the 33 men, all of whom were freed after staying two months underground. Initially, it was believed that Javier Bardem was interested in working on the story, Contactmusic reported.
The production company is believed to have a made a multi-million dollar offer to get the rights to work on the film which may even star some of the original miners. The men were trapped for a total of 69 days underground and although it was initially believed they would not be freed until the end of December the release powered ahead and the men came to ground in late October. Apart from working on the movie about the trapped Chilean miners, Pitt’s production outfit will soon work on Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life, in which he will star opposite Sean Penn. —PTI