
Nominated for best supporting actor, Kenneth Branagh walks the Academy Awards red carpet. "This film, which was a glorious and joyous experience for me, leaves me wanting to have the same kind of bravery going into the next part of my caree," Branagh told THR about his experience working on My Week With Marilyn.
Getty ImagesKenneth Branagh, who is already directing Paramount’s Jack Ryan movie, is in negotiations to play the action thriller’s villain as well, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
Chris Pine is starring as Ryan, the ex-Marine turned analyst from the Tom Clancy novels. Here, Ryan is a financial analyst living in Moscow who uncovers a terrorist plot.
PHOTOS: 11 British Actors Invading Hollywood’s ‘It List’
Branagh is in negotiations to play the movie’s villain, Viktor Stazov, a financial wiz who, with the help of the Russian government, masterminds a plot to devalue American currency and thus destroy the U.S. economy.
Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Mace Neufeld and David Barron are producing. Skydance’s David Ellison is executive producing.
Branagh last appeared on screen in My Week With Marylin. He is repped by WME.