The cast for Clint Eastwood's latest film "J. Edgar" continues to grow with the addition of Josh Lucas as famous aviator Charles Lindbergh, according to Deadline. His role should be relatively significant since the film is looking into J. Edgar Hoover's past around the time of the infamous Lindbergh baby FBI case.
The film will likely be told through flashbacks by Ed Westwick's character Agent Smith, who is ghost-writing Hoover's autobiography. And Damon Herriman has come on board as Bruno Hauptmann, the man who was convicted of kidnapping and killing Lindbergh's child, but whose conviction would later come into question.
Rounding out those already cast are Leonardo DiCaprio as the titular Hoover, Armie Hammer as Hoover's protégé and purported lover Clyde Tolson, and Judi Dench in an unspecified role. But since Charlize Theron isn't playing Hoover's secretary Helen Gandy, that means the role is waiting to be filled.
Following the logic of Lucas being cast as Charles Lindbergh, that still leaves the role of his wife Anne Morrow Lindbergh to be cast. She also was an aviator and well-known author, and was very wrapped up in the kidnapping case. We aren't sure how exactly the kidnapping will be presented in the film -- if it will largely take place in a court room, as an investigation by Hoover and his fellow agents, or in some other way. But since the kidnapping will be pivotal to the film, it's a safe bet that Anne will be just as much a key player as her husband.
Do you think Josh Lucas will make a good Charles Lindbergh? Who do you think should play Anne Morrow Lindburgh?