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"Christian Bale has reportedly expressed interest in playing Travis McGee in the upcoming The Deep Blue Good-By. According to Variety, Bale has been approached by 20th Century Fox, director James Mangold and producer Leonardo DiCaprio to take the role.  Although the actor has yet to receive an official offer, he is said to be interested in taking on the role of McGee. McGee is the protagonist of a 21-book series by John D MacDonald, which is now on course to be adapted for the big screen. The main character is described as a &amp;quot;salvage consultant&amp;quot;, who lives on a houseboat and has a talent for attracting women and trouble. There has been no comment from Bale or his representatives. Bale and Mangold have previously worked together on 3:10 to Yuma. The Deep Blue Good-By will be produced by DiCaprio, Jennifer Davisson-Killoran and Amy Robinson, while Dennis Lehane wrote the most recent draft of the script. See Christian Bale in the trailer for his upcoming epic Exodus: Gods and Kings here:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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