Chris Cooper (Oscar-winning performance in
Adaptation)has joined the cast of
Jarhead for Sam Mendes, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx and Peter Sarsgaard lead the cast of the adaptation of Marine Anthony Swofford's memoir of his experiences in the first Gulf War.
Cooper takes on the role of Lt. Colonel Kazinski, the officer in charge of an elite sniper unit and to whom Gyllenhaal and Sarsgaard report.
Shooting began on
Jarhead this month.