Is It Charlize Theron In 'White Jazz'?

Published: October 7, 2007, 8:32 am

Tags: charlize theron, charlizetheron, chris pine, chrispine, george clooney, georgeclooney, joe carnahan, joecarnahan, ray liotta, rayliotta, white jazz, whitejazz

Filed under: Casting, Deals, RumorMongerWhen Smokin' Joe Carnahan says he's gonna get someone for a part, you can usually take his word for it. Back in April, he spoke with Cinematical about prepping his two upcoming passion projects: an adaptation of White Jazz and a telling of the Pablo Escobar story, and during that interview he gave us the following dream casting choices. He said he wanted Javier Bardem to play Escobar, and we recently found out that's a done deal, and he said he wanted Charlize Theron to play Glenda Bledsoe, the female lead in White Jazz. He also said he was interested in having Ray Liotta play either Pete Bondurant or Welles Noonan in that film. Now, after half a year of waiting, Carnahan has let it be known to readers of his blog that the role of Bledsoe has been cast, although he's being coy about the name. He's also cast the role of Junior Stemmons, a young and crazy cop character. The Stemmons name came up during our interview, but he didn't have his sights

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