Christian Bale will play Steve Jobs in Sony's upcoming biopic about the late Apple co-founder, screenwriter Aaron Sorkin confirmed in a Bloomberg Television interview with Emily Chang. “We needed the best actor on the board in a certain age range and that’s Chris Bale,” Sorkin said. “He didn’t have to audition. Well, there was a meeting.” The Hollywood Reporter previously exclusively revealed that Bale was in talks to play Jobs. Bale was originally eyed to play Jobs when David Fincher was in talks to direct, THR previously reported. Leonardo DiCaprio had also been in talks to star
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- 10/23/2014
- by Hilary Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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