Oliver Stone enlists more actors for My Lai film

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LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Oliver Stone is eyeing Michael Pitt to play Lt. William Calley, the Army officer who was found guilty of ordering the 1968 My Lai Massacre, in his upcoming Vietnam War drama "Pinkville."

As an actor, Pitt is no stranger to the political turmoil of 1968; he appeared in Bernardo Bertolucci’s "The Dreamers," set against the ’68 student riots in Paris. Although United Artists, which is producing the film, and the actor’s representatives have begun discussions, it’s unclear how far the talks have progressed.

In other castings on the film, Toby Jones (Truman Capote in "Infamous") has been set to play Lt. Andre Feher, the chief warrant officer who tries to convince Army Gen. William Peers (Bruce Willis) that U.S. soldiers were responsible for the atrocities committed at My Lai.

Other new recruits include Jason Behr ("The Grudge"), as Lt. Stephen Brooks, the commanding officer in charge of the GIs at My Lai; and Cam Gigandet (Fox’s "The O.C."), as Fred Widmar, a soldier who is wracked with guilt and shame after witnessing the slaughter that day.

Willis, Channing Tatum and Woody Harrelson already are cast in the investigative thriller written by Mikko Alanne. Production is set to begin in December, with MGM distributing.

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter

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