![]() "He said 'no, you're not playing Tony Blair.' However, I have to start somewhere as an actor and I looked at the performance of Tony Blair as prime minister, I looked at Tony Blair in public interviews and I was liberated somewhat by Roman saying I am not playing him."Įwan McGregor co-stars as the title character who is never named in the script and just referred to as "the ghost." The Scottish actor says the political content was not important to his portrayal. "My first question was 'am I playing Tony Blair,' because all indication and all roads seemed to lead to one man only and that's Tony Blair," Brosnan said. The Irish-born actor turned to director Roman Polanski for guidance. ![]() ![]() The echoes of real people and recent events certainly intrigued Pierce Brosnan, who plays Lang. The events making headlines date back to British involvement with the United States in a Middle East military action. Accident or murder? Or perhaps it is fallout from the memoir's bombshell revelations. He's been hired to finish the job started by another writer who died under mysterious circumstances. Immensely popular while in office, he remains active in world politics and wants to get his version of his legacy into print. Pierce Brosnan and Ewan McGregor co-star in the 'ripped-from-the-headlines' tale of high-level international intrigue adapted from the novel by Robert Harris.Īdam Lang is a former British prime minister. The political thriller, The Ghost Writer, earned controversial director Roman Polanski top honors in February at the Berlin Film Festival.
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