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"Jude Law has withdrawn from his role in Jane Got a Gun.  The Brian Duffield-scripted drama has had an increasingly troubled production over the past month, with Law initially signing on to replace Michael Fassbender in the lead role after he stepped down last month.   Director Lynne Ramsay failed to show up on the first day of filming this week, a move which producer Scott Steindorff called &amp;quot;an irresponsible act&amp;quot;. Hours after the appointment of new director Gavin O&amp;#039;Connor was announced, Deadline now reports that Law has also quit the project.  Natalie Portman is producing the western and will star, while Joel Edgerton is still attached to play the film&amp;#039;s hero -\u00C2\u00A0the part originally intended for Fassbender. Law was set to play the role of Portman&amp;#039;s outlaw husband, the film&amp;#039;s major antagonist, while Edgerton plays an ex-lover whose help she enlists. Watch Jude Law discussing his role in Side Effects with Digital Spy below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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