Long shot at Redford film

Barrymore’s beau, Justin Long, seems to be slowly but surely graduating to more adult, less frazzled-kid roles.

The short stack, best known for his roles in “He’s Just Not That Into You” (opposite Drew), “Die Hard 4.0” and “Jeepers Creepers” (reckon there’s any chance of a Long cameo in the upcoming third installment? Nah, me either), has signed to co-star in director Robert Redford’s “The Conspirator”.

“Conspirator” tells the story of Confederate sympathizer Mary Surratt (Robin Wright Penn), who was tried as a conspirator in the Lincoln assassination, and Col. Frederick Aiken (James McAvoy), who reluctantly agreed to defend her before a military tribunal.

Long plays a soldier who lost a limb in the Civil War and is McAvoy’s best friend and conscience.

I believe this is Long’s first period piece (if you don’t count the outdated antics of the last “Die Hard”) and inarguably his meatiest part (Drew may argue that).

There’s more at The Hollywood Reporter