Since Apple was a public company and since Steve Jobs was a very visible and much-written-about individual, there is a wealth of source material. We also enlisted the support of primary sources who knew him personally.Then, he revealed they chose Kutcher to play the role of Jobs because of his likeness to the Apple co-founder:
Since our film covers the early years of Apple, when Jobs was in his 20s, we needed an actor who could carry not only the youthfulness of Jobs at the time, but also the psychological complexity. Because of that, and Ashton’s physical similarities to Jobs, he’s perfect for our film.Finally, ‘Jobs’ is planned to begin filming in Los Angeles this May, aiming to release the film during the fourth quarter of this year and he’s not concerned about Sony’s own Jobs biopic, which will be at least in part based on Walter Isaacson’s recent biography because it isn’t slated to be released for another year or two. The other characters that need to be filled are Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, former Apple CEOs John Scully and Mike Markkula, and early Apple employee Daniel Kottke. Stay tuned.
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