Ewan McGregor Signs Up For Jane Got A Gun

Ewan McGregor has become the latest in a string of actors to sign up for the beleaguered Western Jane Got A Gun.

The Scottish actor is set to step into the shoes most recently vacated by Oscar-nominee Bradley Cooper, who was forced to walk earlier this month because of scheduling conflicts. Jude Law was the man originally cast as the villain opposite Natalie Portman’s eponymous Jane, but he left after Lynne Ramsay controversially dropped out the day filming was due to start.

Jane Got A Gun now has Gavin O’Connor in the director’s chair. The indie flick tells the story of a woman who contacts her ex (Joel Edgerton) after her husband (Noah Emmerich) returns home following a shootout with the gang that doubled-crossed him. McGregor will play the leader of said gang, giving him a chance to flex his bad-guy acting chops.

McGregor was most recently seen on the big screen in Bryan Singer’s Jack The Giant Slayer, and will appear alongside Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts and fellow Brit Benedict Cumberbatch in August: Osage County due this December.

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Bradley Cooper Exits Jane Got A Gun

Oscar-nominee Bradley Cooper has become the latest actor to walk from Jane Got A Gun. His departure follows that of Michael Fassbender and Jude Law, as well as the unexpected exit of original director Lynne Ramsay the day shooting was meant to begin.

The film, which stars Natalie Portman as the titular Jane, has been plagued by production issues pretty much from the start. Cooper has been forced to walk because of scheduling conflicts; the Boston bombing delayed filming on his current project, David O. Russell’s American Hustle and he’ll be spending the summer promoting The Hangover Part III.

Set in the Wild West, Jane Got A Gun will (eventually) tell the story of a woman who contacts her ex (Joel Edgerton) to save her home from the gang who murdered her husband.

Reports suggest the producers have until June to find a replacement and are now looking at Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom Hiddleston and Jake Gyllenhaal to fill the gap.

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