Lee Strong

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If you'd have told me that the Lance Armstrong bio-pic was going to become a Can't Miss Event, I'd have said to you, "Only if Jake Gyllenhaal and Matthew McConaughey play themselves and show us the orgies." Well it hasn't come to that (yet) but the cast they're lining up is making it pretty must-see all the same. We've already seen that jaw-dropping (or should I say ball dropping? No? Okay then) picture of Ben Foster looking like a Xerox of Lance; I was excited about Foster all on his own merits because I think he's a wonderful actor, but the resemblance he's managed is deep down in Uncannyville. And today comes word that not one not two not three but there are four other actors signed up for this thing that I really like. What could go wrong? (Famous last words.) Lee Pace has signed on for an unspecified role, while Chris O'Dowd is playing the journalist that's trying to get the facts straight on Armstrong (it's that journalist's book that the movie is based on). And also in "key roles" are Jesse Plemons from Breaking Bad and lovely French actor slash director slash Marion Cotillard piece slash gratuity recipient Guillaume Canet. Now that's a bingo.