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Jack O'Connell is to star alongside George Clooney in 'Money Monster'.
The 24-year-old actor, who recently appeared in the Angelina Jolie-directed movie 'Unbroken', admits he couldn't pass up the opportunity to star alongside the Hollywood icon, even if there's a danger he'll be typecast.
Speaking about his next acting job, O'Connell - who won the EE Rising Star award at the BAFTAs - said: "I might have done myself a bit of injustice in the next role because he's an angry youngster again.
"But saying that it is New York, it is modern day, and it's opposite George Clooney - so I wasn't going to pass up that opportunity at the risk of seeming like a one-trick pony."
Jodie Foster is set to direct the much-anticipated film, which follows the fortunes of TV personality Lee Gates (Clooney), who offers money advice on his hit show.
O'Connell, meanwhile, has been cast in the role of Kyle Budwell, who is a struggling worker who hatches a kidnap plot to take Clooney's on-screen character hostage live on air.
Oscar-winning actress Julia Roberts has also been linked to a role in the film, which is set for release this year.

JK Simmons has received more interesting film offers since starring in 'Whiplash'.
The 60-year-old star, who appeared as teacher Terence Fletcher in the hit film, has revealed he's looking to take on "things that are different" at this stage in his career.
Speaking after collecting the Best Supporting Actor prize at the British Academy Film Awards at London's Royal Opera House, he said: "There are more offers coming my way, and more interesting offers and more significant roles - just bigger parts.
"That's been a big plus of this experience. I am certainly not looking to try to repeat Fletcher at all. So I'm looking for things that are different."
Simmons also explained he's keen to see Hollywood embrace a diverse range of films.
He said: "I think anything that's at all untraditional is a tough pitch in Hollywood.
"It's a business and there's money at stake but I think the fact that so many films that are thinking outside the box are getting a lot of awards attention this year will hopefully help to broaden the horizons of the kinds of movies that can get made.
"And hopefully this will open the door for other interesting films."

Patricia Arquette hit out at sexism in Hollywood following her triumph at the British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs) last night (08.02.15).
The 46-year-old actress won the prize for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her role in 'Boyhood' and speaking at the event at London's Royal Opera House, she spoke about what she considers to be a double standard for Hollywood actresses over the age of 40.
She said: "I think men over 40 don't want to be cast with women who are their real age, I guess. I mean, I find it funny."
Arquette said it's important to cast actors and actresses in roles that are appropriate for their actual ages.
She explained: "Sometimes you'll have someone like Harrison Ford in a movie, but the woman cast opposite him isn't three or four years younger than him like in real life.
"That's generally how we mate as a species. But somehow they're 20 years younger - I mean that's the ridiculous thing. We have to call bulls**t on that.
"Come on people, cast appropriate to your leading man's age, at least. Let's start there."
Arquette's triumph at the BAFTAs came after she won the Critics' Choice, Golden Globe, and SAG Awards for Best Supporting Actress for her part in the Richard Linklater-directed film.

James Marsh had doubts about making 'The Theory of Everything'.
The biopic of Professor Stephen Hawking, starring Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones, has received widespread acclaim since its release, but the 51-year-old director has confessed he wasn't certain the film would be a hit.
Speaking at the British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs) at London's Royal Opera House last night (08.02.15), Marsh was asked whether he had any doubts while making the film, to which he replied: "Every day."
What's more, he stressed the need to ensure "all the details" of the film are accurate in order for it to be a hit.
He explained: "You're doing something which if you don't get right all the details, the whole thing is going to fall apart. That's as much down to the cast as to what we do.
"So, you're kind of in this situation every day where you keep your standards very, very high and if you don't, then the film is just going to disintegrate around you."
Redmayne - who plays the role of Professor Hawking - won the Leading Actor BAFTA award for his portrayal of the theoretical physicist, after winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama in January.

Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu was "openly humbled" to win the Feature Film prize at the Directors Guild awards.
The filmmaker beat off competition from the likes of Richard Linklater, Clint Eastwood, Morten Tyldum and Wes Anderson to take the prize at the ceremony on Saturday (07.02.15) and admitted he was stunned by his victory.
He told the audience at Los Angeles' Century Plaza hotel: "I never expected to be here tonight talking to you -- never.
"I am openly humbled."
Making the movie - which stars Michael Keaton, Edward Norton, Emma Stone and Naomi Watts - was a departure for the director and he admits he wasn't used to being around so much "happiness".
He said backstage: "All the films I have done before Birdman always left people with a powerful feeling of emptiness or sadness.
"It was an emotional thing and I feel very strange and new and beautiful that people felt more cheerful. There is some happiness floating in the room after the film finished. I wasn't used to it."
The DGA win is often seen as a good indicator as to what will triumph at the Academy Awards on February 22 but Alejandro insists he has "no expectations".
Asked about his Oscar preparations, he said: "You can't prepare. You just have to go there and have fun. And whatever happens, it's already decided. There's nothing to do. It is what it is. I'm very grateful but serene with no expectations."
Elsewhere at the ceremony, which was hosted by Jane Lynch, Laura Poitras picked up the Documentary Film accolade for her work on 'Citizenfour', a film about Edward Snowden, while three other female directors also triumphed, with 'Homeland's Lesli Linka Glatter picking up the Television Drama prize, Jill Holloway winning comedy for 'Transparent' and Lisa Cholodenko scooping a trophy for her work on miniseries 'Olive Kitteridge'.

Directors Guild Awards 2015 winners list:

Feature Film:
Alejandro González Iñárritu, 'Birdman'

Dramatic Series:
Lesli Linka Glatter, 'Homeland', 'From A to B and Back Again'

Comedy Series:
Jill Soloway, 'Transparent', 'Best New Girl'

Movies for Television and Mini Series:
Lisa Cholodenko, 'Olive Kitteridge'

Documentary:
Laura Poitras, 'Citizenfour'

Variety/Talk/News/Sports Specials:
Glenn Weiss, The 68th Annual Tony Awards

Variety/Talk/News/Sports Regularly Scheduled:
Dave Diomedi, 'The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon', 'Episode #1'

Reality Programs:
Anthony B. Sacco, 'The Chair', 'The Test'

Children's Programs:
Jonathan Judge, '100 Things To Do Before High School', 'Pilot'

Michael Gambon has given up his career in theatre.
The 'Harry Potter' actor has confessed his fading memory has left him with no choice but to stop taking on roles in plays and focus on his television and film career.
He said: "It's a horrible thing to admit, but I can't do it. It breaks my heart."
Told his memory still seems quite sharp, he added: "Yes. But it's when the script's in front of me and it takes me forever to learn it. It's frightening."
However, the 74-year-old star seems appalled by the suggestion it may be time for him to retire.
Asked if he plans to stop working all together, he said: "No. You've got to go to work, haven't you?"
Gambon's decision to quit acting on stage comes after he was rushed to hospital twice in 2009 suffering panic attacks after forgetting his lines at theatre auditions.
However, just six months ago he confessed he tried to overcome his memory troubles when Tom Hollander asked him to do a play with him.
He explained to the Sunday Times newspaper: "There was a girl in the wings and I had a plug in my ear so she could read me the lines. And after about an hour I thought, 'This can't work. You can't be in theatre, free on the stage, shouting and screaming and running around, with someone else reading your lines'."

'The Grand Budapest Hotel' was the big winner at the British Academy Film Awards, claiming five prizes in total.
The Wes Anderson-directed movie won Original Screenplay, Original Music, Production Design, Costume Design and Make Up & Hair at the event at the Royal Opera House in London.
Anderson was unable to collect the prize for Best Original Screenplay, leaving Ralph Fiennes to claim it on his behalf.
The actor read out a message from Anderson, saying: "I have a letter from Wes it goes like this: if Ralph Fiennes is reading this speech it must mean I have won a BAFTA for our screenplay in absentia.
"I was already unhappy to miss this event but now I'm really angry and resentful that I am not there, and I'm furious.
"I blame the Directors' Guild Of America, for requiring my presence in Los Angeles where most likely I have already failed to win a different prize. I extend my many thanks to the British Academy, of which I am a member in good standing and I look forward to very eagerly getting a hold of this award physically in my own hands as quickly as Fed-Ex can possibly deliver it to me."
Meanwhile, 'The Theory Of Everything' won three awards, including Outstanding British Film, while the movie's star Eddie Redmayne claimed the Leading Actor award for his role as Professor Stephen Hawking, overcoming competition from Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Keaton, Ralph Fiennes and Jake Gyllenhaal.
US Julianne Moore won the Leading Actress award for her performance in 'Still Alice', thereby beating Reese Witherspoon, Amy Adams, Rosamund Pike and Felicity Jones to the prestigious prize.
Elsewhere, Richard Linklater's 'Boyhood' won the Best Film and Best Director awards.

Winners from the British Academy Film Awards 2015:

Leading Actor in 2015:
Eddie Redmayne - The Theory of Everything

Leading Actress in 2015:
Julianne Moore - Still Alice

Supporting Actor:
J.K. Simmons - Whiplash

Supporting Actress:
Patricia Arquette - Boyhood

Best Film:
Boyhood

EE Rising Star in 2015:
Jack O'Connell

Best Director:
Richard Linklater - Boyhood

Original Screenplay:
The Grand Budapest Hotel - Wes Anderson

British Short Animation in 2015:
The Bigger Picture

Make-up and hair in 2015:
The Grand Budapest Hotel

British Short Film in 2015:
Boogaloo And Graham

Original Music in 2015:
The Grand Budapest Hotel

Cinematography:
Birdman

Outstanding British Film in 2015:
The Theory Of Everything

Documentary in 2015:
Citizenfour

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer in 2015:
Stephen Beresford, David Livingstone - Pride

Production Design 2015:
The Grand Budapest Hotel

Editing in 2015:
Whiplash

Sound in 2015:
Whiplash

Fellowship in 2015:
Mike Leigh

Special Visual Effects in 2015:
Interstellar

Film Not in the English Language:
Ida

Animated Film in 2015:
The Lego Movie

Adapted Screenplay in 2015:
The Theory Of Everything

Idris Elba thinks he can do "anything".
The 42-year-old actor, producer, singer, rapper and DJ always wants to challenge himself to push his creativity in new directions and doesn't understand why people would want to impose restrictions on their talents.
He said: "We only use 12 per cent of our brains and I want to use more
"My challenge is to be creative and keep pushing the envelope. I don't see why I can't do anything.
"Some might say, you can act but you can't be a painter, or a musician or a poet. But it all comes from the same source."
As well as pushing himself creatively, Idris is also happy to do his own stunts on movie sets.
He said: "I do a lot of them. There aren't many stunt guys who look like me."
Despite his busy schedule, Idris tries to spend as much time as possible with his girlfriend Naiyana Garth, their eight-month-old son Winston and his 11-year-old daughter Isan, who he has from his marriage to Kim Elba, but admits it isn't always easy.
He told Britain's Marie Claire magazine: "There's just a lot of logistics. I've always worked away a great deal, so you have to work around it. It makes being around family time much more precious."

Mila Kunis says Channing Tatum is her "dream big brother".
The 31-year-old actress stars opposite the 34-year-old hunk in new sci-fi adventure 'Jupiter Ascending' and she thinks the shoot would have been very difficult if they didn't get on so well.
she said: "If we didn't like each other, this would have been a difficult movie for us both. We were attached to each other for seven months.
"Chan was so great to be around, very easy going, always in a good mood.
"He's like the big brother you dream about having. He's a guy's guy but also a very generous, warm and grounded human being... He also saved my life. I would have rammed myself straight into a camera if he hadn't grabbed me."
Mila - who has four-month-old daughter Wyatt with fiance Ashton Kutcher - admitted the film was the most "challenging" work she had done because it required so much training and preparation.
She told Britain's HELLO! magazine: "Physically, it was the most challenging role I've ever had.
"You train for six months and work out all day, five days a week. I've never been in better shape in my life and by the time we began shooting, I had zero body fat.
"I thought nothing would be harder than the preparation I did for 'Black Swan', where I lost 20lbs, but this was longer and more rigorous."