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Elias Koteas joins 'Winnie'
By Adnan Tezer Jun 26, 2010, 2:56 GMT
Elias Koteas has been cast in "Winnie," the Winnie Mandela biopic.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Terrence Howard and Jennifer Hudson have already been cast as Nelson and Winnie Mandela, with Wendy Crewson having recently joined the cast as a political activist.
Koteas will play a racist officer in the apartheid police state who rises in power and becomes intent on stopping the anti-apartheid activists.
South African director Darrell James Roodt ("Yesterday," "Cry, The Beloved Country") is directing.
The film is shooting in Johannesburg, Cape Town, and Robbin Island.
Koteas most recently appeared in "The Killer Inside Me," "Shutter Island" and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button." He will next appear in the thrillers "Let Me In" and "Dream House."
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