Seth Rogen will be Steve Wozniak to Christian Bale’s Steve Jobs
It looks as though Aaron Sorkin is going to follow in Martin Scorsese’s footsteps and choose a comedic actor for the upcoming Steve Jobs biopic starring Christian Bale. In the Wolf of Wall Street, Martin Scorsese cast Jonah Hill to co-star in the thriller now, Aaron Sorkin will have Seth Rogen work alongside Christian Bale in the new Steve Jobs biopic, according to Variety.
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Based on Walter Isaacson’s biography “Steve Jobs,” the real-life drama is directed by Danny Boyle and written by Aaron Sorkin.
Sorkin has publicly said the movie will be divided into three long scenes, each taking place backstage before one of Apple’s famous product launches.
Seth Rogen is expected to play the co-founder of Apple, and the mastermind behind Apple I and Apple II computers.
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Wozniak founded Apple with Jobs and Ronald Wayne and is credited with launching the Apple I and Apple II computers in the late 1970s, which had a profound impact on the microcomputer revolution. He left Apple as a full-time employee in 1987. [Variety]
It is interesting for casting directors to cast a stoner comedian in the movie, because between Christian Bale and Aaron Sorkin, this biopic may be very huge let down.
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