and who plays this character?
Ed Harris
Catch Me If You Can
Ed Harris as Frank Abagnale
catch me if you can ask me to stop UNANSWERABLE what is the genre of this film? It American biographical crime film who is the director? Steven Spielberg who is the protagonist in this? Frank Abagnale
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Catch Me If You Can [SEP] Casting
Verbinski cast James Gandolfini as Carl Hanratty, Ed Harris as Frank Abagnale, Sr., and Chloë Sevigny as Brenda Strong. Verbinski dropped out because of DiCaprio's commitment on "Gangs of New York". Lasse Hallström was in negotiations to direct by May 2001, but dropped out in July 2001. At this stage, Harris and Sevigny left the film, but Gandolfini was still attached. Spielberg, co-founder of DreamWorks, offered the job of director to Miloš Forman, and considered hiring Cameron Crowe. During this negotiation period, Spielberg began to consider directing the film himself, eventually dropping projects such as "Big Fish" and "Memoirs of a Geisha".