A History of Poetry

Viggo Mortensen to play Poe?

Viggo Mortensen as Edgar Allen Poe?

Might work. He’s a capable man.

How’s Robert Downey Jr feel about the snubbing though? Or was he snubbed?

Sylvester Stallone’s “Poe” biopic – he’s been working that one longer than he’s been drinking steroid shakes – has offered the lead role to the “Eastern Promises” man, not Downey Jr, as expected.

Cinemablend has the scoop…