Zac Efron To Star In And Produce John Grisham’s ‘The Associate’
By Germain Lussier/April 2, 2014 3:27 pm EST
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Back in 2008, an adaptation was set up at Paramount with Shia LaBeouf in the lead role. William Monahan wrote the script and Tony Scott was in talks to direct. It was gearing up to be a big one, but it never worked out.
The description sounds awfully similar to last year’s Paranoia, but Grisham’s name alone is enough to get audiences interested. Meanwhile Efron, long pigeonholed for his Disney/Nicholas Sparks films, is quietly working his way to mainstream stardom. He’s earning raves for his comedic performance in Neighbors and this sounds like exactly the kind of grown-up role he’s always pined for. Similar roles worked for Damon, McConaughey and others. The main difference being, those guys weren’t regularly on the front page of TMZ.
What do you think of this potential Zac Efron John Grisham movie?
