Ron Howard’s next movie, Rush, just keeps looking more promising with every new nugget of news. The film, which is about the rivalry between formula one drivers Niki Lauda (Daniel Bruhl) and James Hunt (Chris Hemsworth), is set in the 70s and Howard has already been to the famous Nurburgring circuit in Germany to film some racing footage with replica 70s formula one cars, even though it’s not released until 2013.
Deadline are now reporting that Olivia Wilde has won the role of Suzy Miller, a supermodel who was married to Hunt, and presumably will play a considerably large part in the movie. Even more so when you see that she left Hunt for one Richard Burton, at the time one of the biggest stars in the world. Seeing as the film is primarily about Lauda and Hunt, I doubt the Burton aspect will be that big, but still Deadline say that Howard is hoping for Russell Crowe to take on the small role of Burton – which would make what is already an impressive cast even more so!
Rush is released in 2013.
