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Mandy Moore’s co-star to star in Miller movie
Gabriel Macht, who most of you’d know from “American Outlaws” (he played Frank James) or the recent Mandy Moore/Diane Keaton snorefest “Because, I said so” (he was the love interest), will play “The Spirit” in the Frank Miller directed film of the same name.
According to Variety, the film starts shooting in October. Samuel L.Jackson’s playing the villain, the Octopus.
Macht will play the title character, a man who has faked his own death so he can battle crime from the shadows of Central City. He runs up against the Octopus, a villain who’s bent on wiping out the entire city and kills anyone unlucky enough to see his face.
Macht gave a terrific audition – everyone who wanted the gig had to test for it -and was hired on the spot.
“We think Gabriel has a devilishly charming quality, and the dry wit that embodies the Spirit, and we wanted to do this with someone who can embody this character for the next few years, because we anticipate we’ll be making more than one Spirit movie,” said Lionsgate prexy of film production Mike Paseornek.
