Matt Damon to Play RFK in Biopic

Robert F. Kennedy film in the works at New Regency
By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff
Posted Feb 24, 2010 9:42 AM CST
Matt Damon to Play RFK in Biopic
Matt Damon poses for the photographers to promote his upcoming film 'Green Zone', in central London, Tuesday Feb. 9, 2010.   (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

If shelling out $10 to see a biopic about Robert F. Kennedy doesn’t thoroughly excite you, perhaps this will change your mind: RFK will be played by none other than Matt Damon. Well, make that might be played. Deadline reports the deal is done and Damon is attached—but the actor wants to see the script before confirming the project is a go.

The film, based on Evan Thomas’ biography His Life, will focus on RFK’s journey from the younger brother overshadowed by John F. Kennedy to a national leader before he was assassinated.
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