It seems increasingly difficult for Danny Boyle to lock down the cast for his next film, the art heist thriller Trance. Michael Fassbender dropped out, then his X-Men: First Class co-star James McAvoy came aboard. Then Colin Firth and Scarlett Johansson joined the project, but the former has now fallen out due to scheduling issues, and Twitch reports a possible replacement.
It is for the role of Aiden, who was originally going to to Fassbender then Firth, but now Black Swan star Vincent Cassel has been offered the role. There is no word on whether he will take it, but his schedule is seemingly clear and it seems to high-profile to turn down. Aiden is “the shady leader of the gang who partners with the assistant.” Check out a synopsis below.
An assistant at an auction house masterminds the heist and teams up with a gang of thieves, but suffers a blow to the head and wakes up with amnesia. He is the only one who knows where the painting’s location is and after his continued failure to remember, the gang begins to suspect duplicity on his part and hire a female hypnotist to get into his brain.
Boyle, and his producing partner Christian Colson, plan a different kind of production schedule. He will have a London shoot this fall, then take a break to direct the opening 2012 Summer Olympics ceremony. He will then return to the film and edit it for a March 2013 release via Fox Searchlight. Cassel would be a great addition, as I’ve loved him in everything from La Haine to Irreversible. He will next be seen in David Cronenberg‘s A Dangerous Method this fall.
What do you think about Casel possibly coming aboard?