Tom Hiddleston set to star in 'Capa'

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Press Trust of India Los Angeles
Last Updated : Apr 19 2013 | 7:00 AM IST
Actor Tom Hiddleston is set to play famed war photographer Robert Capa in Paul Andrew Williams' biopic, 'Capa'.
The 32-year-old actor said he is looking forward to portraying the heroic figure, reported OK magazine.
"I look at Capa's life and see it in heroic terms. A Hungarian kicked out of Hungary for writing against Fascism, he moved to Germany where he was kicked out for being Jewish, then he moved to France and from there began a life-long commitment to make a stand against forces of fascism," Hiddleston said.
The film will begin in Paris 1935, capturing the moment where two exiled Jewish Communists, Gerta Phorylle and Endre Friedmann, start a relationship and change their names to Gerda Taro and Robert Capa in order to sell their photographs.
The actor scooped the role after 'The Amazing Spider-Man' star Andrew Garfield dropped out of the project. 'Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters' actress Gemma Arterton is to play Taro in the feature, penned by screenwriter Menno Meyjes.
Hiddleston can next be seen as villain Loki in 'Thor: The Dark World'.
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First Published: Apr 19 2013 | 7:00 AM IST

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