I heard the CLive Owen turned it down becuase he didnt wanna end up being type cast in the future. I can totally understand, I mean whenever you think of Brosnan now, you think of Bond as well as Roger Moore and to some extent, Connery as well, but he has done some great movies since his Bond days to remove the typecast.
Anyways, Clive Owen would be a perfect fit, the guy is awesome, if you havent seen Croupier with him in it, check it out, great flick
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