Penn In Talks For Plame Film

Oscar winner to join Fair Game

Penn In Talks For Plame Film

by Helen O’Hara |
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Double Oscar winner Sean Penn is following up Sunday night's triumph by reportedly entering negotiations to play Ambassador Joseph Wilson in Fair Game, the story of CIA agent Valerie Plame (Naomi Watts).

For those who don't slavishly follow US politics, the Plame affair saw members of the Bush administration out a CIA agent, Valerie Plame, apparently because they weren't happy with her husband, Ambassador Wilson. Dick Cheney's ex-Chief of Staff, Lewis "Scooter" Libby, was convicted of lying to a federal grand jury about his role in the leak and sent to prison. The other government figures involved got away with it.

Doug Liman is already set to direct the film, with Naomi Watts starring as Plame. It's based on the book Plame herself wrote about the affair. This is not to be confused with the Rod Lurie film Nothing But The Truth, starring Kate Beckinsale, which was more loosely based on the scandal.

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