Yes, before anyone asks Casey Affleck is the little brother of Ben Affleck… and he’s just landed a better role than Ben has in the last 3 years. He’ll be starring along side Brad Pitt (the two worked together before in the Ocean’s 11 and 12 movies) in a Jesse James movie. The good folks over at MovieHole give us this:
Pitt will play James, Affleck’s playing Ford. The young Ford joined the James gang but quickly turned against Jesse – jealous of his ‘fastest gun in the west’ tag. Hoping it would do wonders for his rep, Ford shot James – in the back, stamping himself the most famous coward around.
I’m actually really interested to see what Casey Affleck can do with a bigger role like this one… and going toe to toe with someone with the stature of a Brad Pitt. Most of you know that I actually think BEN Affleck is a really underrated actor… so we’ll see if the talent runs in the family.
