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"300" star, rapper rock for Ritchie crime movie
(Reuters)
Updated: 2007-06-26 08:38
Hollywood actor Gerard Butler poses during a news conference for his new
movie "300" in Tokyo June 7, 2007. [Reuters]
"300" hero Gerard Butler, Tom Wilkinson, Thandie Newton and rapper Chris
"Ludacris" Bridges have been cast in "RocknRolla," writer/director Guy
Ritchie's return to the caper genre.
Butler stars as a street-smart mobster who has learned to play both sides
of the fence, while Wilkinson plays an old-school mob boss whose regime
is quickly losing ground to foreign interlopers.
Newton acts as the love interest of Butler's character, and Bridges plays
an American trying to break into the U.K. music scene.
The story is set in motion when a Russian mobster orchestrates a crooked
land deal and millions of dollars are thrown up for grabs, with all of
London's criminal underworld players wanting in on the action.
Ritchie, whose credits include "Snatch" and "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking
Barrels," starting filming last week in London. Warner Bros. Pictures is
distributing.
Butler will next be seen opposite Hilary Swank in the romantic drama
"P.S. I Love You." Wilkinson next stars opposite George Clooney in the
drama "Michael Clayton." Newton recently appeared in "Norbit" and "The
Pursuit of Happyness." Bridges' credits include "Crash."
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