Tom Hardy Replaces Sam Worthington In "This Means War"
Jul 28, 2010
Avatar star Sam Worthington has withdrawn from McG's next film, the spy action-comedy This Means War. Worthington starred in McG's last film Terminator Salvation and his role has now been given to Tom Hardy (Bronson). Vulture broke the exclusive news and expounds on Hardy's new screen role:
"He’ll play one of the spies (opposite Chris Pine) who wage black-ops warfare on each other when they both fall for the same girl (Reese Witherspoon, who’s also producing, along with Will Smith’s company, Overbrook Entertainment)."
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