Casting Call: Cycle of Lies, the Fall of Lance Armstrong
...Anna Hansen, with whom Armstrong had two children (something he had thought would be impossible post-cancer). We'd think Abbie Cornish would make a good Hansen. They're still together, so we imagine it's pretty tough to be Hansen at the moment.
Throughout his career, Armstrong was accused of—and denied—using illegal drugs. One cause of supsicion was his trainer, Michele Ferrari, who spent a year in prison for fraud in 1994. We nominate Christoph Waltz for the part of Ferrari.
...Sheryl Crow. Armstrong and Crow dated for two years and were even briefly engaged. Elizabeth Banks sort of looks like Sheryl Crow, and something tells us Crow won't want to play herself or be played by any of the other famous blondes Armstrong dated, like Kate Hudson. Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately for Crow), the semi-country singer and the cyclist split after two years together and Armstrong married... Photo by Anthony Mandler, Interview, July 2003.
The man who finally brought Armstrong down (well, aside from himself) was FDA agent Jeff Novitzsky. Novitzsky is a steroid-using professional athlete's worst nightmare—he also exposed the illegal drug use of baseball players such as Barry Bonds. After seeing his chilling turn in Stoker, we think a shaven-headed Matthew Goode would be perfect as Novitzsky.
Photo by Ellen Von Unwerth, Interview, April 2006.
We'd like Sarah Paulson, another overlooked actress, to play Lance Armstrong's first wife, named Kristin Richard. Richard and Armstrong met in 1997, married in 1998, and had three children using sperm Armstrong had set aside before undergoing chemotherapy for testicular cancer. It was all very lovely—until they got divorced in 2003 and Armstrong started dating...
Photo by David Jakl, Inteview, June 2003.
Why has Hollywood forgotten about Patrick Wilson? At 40, he's a little too young for forced retirement. We know he can play a man with secrets; he first won us over as the repressed Mormon lawyer, Joe Pitt, HBO's in Angels in America. We hope that Paramount will consider him for the role of the protanogist—he even looks like a taller, more attractive version of Lance Armstrong.
