Morgan Freeman has been one of my favorite actors out there ever since his role in “The Shawshank Redemption” (as a side note, that movie is in my top 10 films of all time list). He doesn’t always appear in the best films, but he always gives an amazing performance regardless of the material he’s working with. Last year alone he appeared in two of my favorite films of 2008, “Wanted” and “The Dark Knight”.
Reports are now coming out that Freeman is in talks to appear in the upcoming Bruce Willis film “Red“. “Red” is based on the graphic novel of the same name published by Wildstorm/DC that is described as: “C.I.A. operative, Paul Moses’s unique talent for killing took him around the world, from one hotspot to another, carrying out the deadly orders of his superiors. And when he retired, he wanted to put his bloody past behind him. But when a new administration takes over the White House, the powers that be decide that Moses knows too much, forcing him back into the game against the agency that trained him.”
It’s a project that sounds ripe for film development and Bruce Willis seems like the perfect guy to play that role. Willis and Freeman last worked on a film together back in 2006 on “Lucky Number Slevin“.
No official word yet on what role Freeman would be playing. Ironically enough Freeman’s character’s name in “The Shawshank Redemption” was also “Red”. Go figure.
