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" Willem Dafoe is in talks to star in A Most Wanted Man. Variety has reported the negotiations, after announcing earlier this week that Robin Wright was in talks for the female lead in the upcoming adaptation of John le Carr\u00C3\u00A9&amp;#039;s novel.   The book, which has been adapted by Edge of Darkness scribe Andrew Bovell, centres on an ex-prisoner from Chechnya who is smuggled illegally into Hamburg and becomes caught up in the international war on terror. Meanwhile, his idealistic young lawyer struggles to save him from deportation. Anton Corbijn, who helmed 2010 George Clooney thriller The American, will direct Tomas Alfredson&amp;#039;s adaptation of le Carre&amp;#039;s Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy became a critical and commercial success last year, topping the UK box office for three weeks and receiving several BAFTA and Academy Award nominations. Watch Digital Spy interview Willem Dafoe below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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