Actor Sam Claflin Has Been Cast To Play Controversial British Soccer Star Robin Friday In An Upcoming Biopic.
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire star will portray the sports icon in the film, which is based on the biography The Greatest Footballer You Never Saw: The Robin Friday Story, co-written by Paul MCGuigan and Paolo Hewitt.
Friday was a revered player for the Reading and Cardiff teams for four years in the 1970s, but lived a wild lifestyle. He died in 1990 aged 38 after suffering a heart attack.
In a 2004 BBC poll, he was voted an "all time cult hero".
The movie is reportedly set to include cameos from real professional soccer players, and is scheduled to begin production this autumn (15).
Claflin's casting was announced the same day (07May15) it was confirmed he will reprise his role as Snow White's love interest William in The Huntsman, the sequel to 2012's Snow White and the Huntsman.
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