Bryan Cranston, whose appearance in last Summer’s GODZILLA movie was so highly (and not entirely accurately) promoted, now looks to be taking on an actual leading (motion picture) role in THE INFILTRATOR. It's...
...an investigative-thriller based on author Robert Mazur’s autobiography of the same name. Cranston will play customs and excise agent Robert Mazur, and his undercover alias, Bob Musella. Cranston’s involvement in the film stems from a relationship that he developed with the director while shooting “The Lincoln Lawyer.”
...says THIS piece in Variety.
Doesn't say much about what we can expect from the film, although the INFILTRATOR book's website reveals a bit more, and it sounds like it could be pretty cool.
ROBERT MAZUR spent five years undercover infiltrating the criminal hierarchy of Colombia’s drug cartels. The dirty bankers and businessmen he befriended—some of whom still shape power across the globe—knew him as Bob Musella, a wealthy, mob-connected big shot living the good life. Together they partied in $1,000-per-night hotel suites, drank bottles of the world’s finest champagne, drove Rolls-Royce convertibles, and flew in private jets. But under Mazur’s Armani suits and in his Renwick briefcase, recorders whirred quietly, capturing the damning evidence of their crimes. Then, at a staged wedding, he led a dramatic takedown that shook the underworld. In the end, more than eighty men and women were charged worldwide. Operation C-Chase became one of the most successful undercover operations in the history of U.S. law enforcement, and evidence gathered during the bust proved critical to the conviction of General Manuel Noriega.
I love Cranston's work and I'm very much looking forward to seeing him get more and more visible gigs like this one.
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Glen Oliver
“Merrick”
