Reports are coming out of Bollywood that superstar Amitabh Bachchan is to star in Ridley Scott’s upcoming film ‘Body Of Lies’ that has already signed Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe.Talking to a prominent newspaper Bachchan revealed that he received an email from Scott’s office last week to star in Scott’s ambitious ‘Body Of Lies’, a thriller with an Al-Qaeda plot. William Monahan, who also wrote ‘The Departed’, has written the film.Bachchan told the press that Ridley Scott wants him to play a part of the Jordanian in the film, adding I’ve asked for more details. I need to see the script before I take a call. Let’s be realistic. Who will notice me when DiCaprio and Crowe are in the same film.A source is reported to have said that Scott is really keen to direct Bachchan ever sinece the pair first met in 2003 at the Marrakech Film Festival in Rabat, Morocco where Scott offered Bachchan a role in the 2005 spectacle ‘Kingdom Of Heaven’.Work commitment meant Bachchan had to decline that role but things look more promising on this occasion.‘Body Of Lies’ has Crowe playing a CIA boss who teams up with DiCaprio as an operative trying to trap an Al Qaeda leader.


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