First she gets a hit single, now she gets a husband. It’s been a great couple of weeks for Jennifer Lawrence scoring things that Edgar Ramirez is in final negotiations to play her husband in Joy, David O. Russell’s next film.
Robert De Niro has also joined the movie, playing Lawrence’s father. Joy will begin shooting in February 2015, just a few short months before audiences will get to evaluate Ramirez’s skills in surfing killer waves as he plays Bodhi in the remake of Point Break.
Had the world known that David O. Russell was casting a husband for Jennifer Lawrence in the upcoming biopic about Miracle Mop inventor Joy Mangano, it would have flooded Russell’s inbox with amateur audition tapes and cover letters.
Joy will reportedly begin production in February and aim for a Christmas 2015 release, just in time for awards season.
Ramirez is not the only leading man on Lawrence’s horizon. Last month it was reported that the Oscar-winning actress will romance Michael Fassbender in the next X-Men movie.
Additionally, he leads the cast of Hands of Stone, a biopic about boxer Roberto Duran that also includes De Niro. That movie is expected to be released sometime next year.
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