Angelina Jolie In 'Atlas Shrugged' Adaptation
[Thursday, September 21st, 2006]
Angelina Jolie is to star in the film adaptation of Ayn Rand's novel Atlas Shrugged, according to Variety.Jolie, a longtime fan of Rand's, was eager to play the role of Dagney Taggart, the most powerful female character in any of Rand's books.
A movie version of the Russian-born author's novel, which runs more than 1,100 pages, has been long in the making. For years, producer Al Ruddy tried to bring "Atlas Shrugged" to the bigscreen, attracting the interest of Clint Eastwood, Robert Redford and Faye Dunaway along the way.
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