Douglas to play former US president?
August 31st, 2012 - 4:49 am ICT by IANSLos Angeles, Aug 31 (IANS) Veteran actor Michael Douglas is likely to play former US Republican president Ronald Reagan in a new movie.
The Oscar-winning actor is in talks to play the Republican leader in “Reykjavik”, a biopic set in 1986 soon after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
The movie will revolve around the peace talks between Reagan and the then-Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev held in the Icelandic capital at the time, reports hollywoodreporter.com.
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