Doug Liman wants Russell Crowe in Valerie Plame film

Doug Liman, who has already cast Nicole Kidman as the film’s lead, wants Russell Crowe to play Plame’s husband Joseph Wilson.

Liman has revealed that he is lining up Russell Crowe to star in a film about outed CIA spy Valerie Plame. Plame was outed as a spy by The Washington Post in 2003 and forced to quit the CIA. Liman described the incident as “the lowpoint in American history”.

“I’d love Russell Crowe. If you’ve met Joe, he’s a really strong guy. I’ve never met an actor stronger than Russell Crowe” Liman says.

Liman originally had Crowe in mind to star in the Jason Bourne action series and admitted that the actor has an intimidating presence.

“I met with him for The Bourne Identity and I was terrified,” he said.

“The whole time I was in the room with him I was just scared of him. This is a scary dude! Joe is kind of like that.”

Nicole Kidman To Play In New Liman’s Movie

Nicole Kidman has been said to be chosen to play in a biopic about the betrayed CIA agent “Untitled Valerie Plame, Ambassador Joseph Wilson Biopic”. According to MTV News, the 40-year-old Academy Award-winning actress will be playing Valerie Plame, the wife of Ambassador Joseph Wilson who used to serve as a federal agent.

The casting news has been leaked by director Doug Liman. He revealed the fact saying, “Nicole Kidman. She’s perfect if you’ve ever met Valerie.”

On working with the project adapted from Plame’s memoir “Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House”, Liman said that he had his way to deal with the government objections added with the full support given by the former agent.

He said, “I have a really, really insane take on how to tell it. It’s so outrageous. Ultimately, I’d be doing something no one has ever done before. Therefore it’s automatically appealing to me. I’m just starting to explore whether (what I have in mind) is even possible to do.”