Garrett Hedlund
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Hedlund made his debut in 2004's Troy, and has since appeared in Friday Night Lights, Four Brothers, Eragon, and he appeared opposite Lindsay Lohan, Jane Fonda and Felicity Huffman in Georgia Rule.
Hedlund has been considered one of those actors that is on the cusp within the industry, though without much of a profile in middle America. Starring in a $150 million effects-intensive feature could change that.
Disney cast a wide net as it searched for the role that, because of the title, generated a lot of interest. Such potential leads as Ryan Gosling and Chris Pine met on the project, while Michael Stahl-David (Cloverfield) was one of the those that screen-tested.
Hedlund will play the lead, a man who finds himself pulled into the world of a computer and retracing the steps of a character from the original movie named Kevin Flynn.
Jeff Bridges is reprising the role of Flynn, who was a computer programmer but ended up as the CEO of a software corporation. Olivia Wilde and Beau Garrett have also been cast in the project, which was known as "Tron 2" and "Tr2n" but it now going with the simple "Tron."
Sean Bailey is producing along with Steven Lisberger, who co-wrote and directed the original film, and Jeff Silver. The movie is eyeing a spring shoot.
Tron: Legacy was released December 17th, 2010 and stars Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde, Bruce Boxleitner, James Frain, Beau Garrett, Michael Sheen, Anis Cheurfa. The film is directed by Joseph Kosinski.
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Escapist
He looks different since four brothers. I wonder where he has been?
3 years agoby @escapistFlag
-comrade-
Death Sentence was definitely a good movie, and I think TR2N is going to kick gigabytes of ass.
3 years agoby @taberjohnson18Flag
Raoul Duke
sounds good
3 years agoby @raoulduke33Flag
Brainiac
dude i was just thinkin of this guy like two seconds ago on another thread cuz of his role in death sentence. i like him alot, i hope he has a long career ahead of him. he was also awesome in Four Brothers and Friday Night Lights, eragon wasn't that great but not much he could of done.
all in all good choice for Tron. however if Ryan Gosling was a potential lead i want to know y he didn't do the movie. if it was his choice i think that means one of two things, he picked a different movie instead (Green Lantern? hopefully) or he wasn't impressed with the script. no offense to Hedlund but y choose him over Gosling who is a way bigger star right now and is a way bigger up and comer.
3 years agoby @thebdFlag
hanabiboy27
you cant forget him for his role in death sentence
3 years agoby @hanabiboy27Flag