Who Will Be Bourne?

Every studly looking actor in your late twenties or thirties with and the ability to carry an action franchise is testing for Tony Gilroy's upcoming "The Bourne Legacy" according to Variety and Deadline

Jake Gyllenhaal, Tobey Maguire, Josh Hartnett, Michael Fassbender, Luke Evans, Taylor Kitsch, Garrett Hedlund, Oscar Isaac, Kellan Lutz, Alex Pettyfer, Michael Pitt, Joel Edgerton, Paul Dano and Benjamin Walker are all on the list as possible candidates for the role of Bourne in the upcoming since Matt Damon is not reprising the role..

From L to R: Gyllenhaal, Fassbender, Evans, Kitsch, Hedlund,  Isaac, Lutz,  Pettyfer

Gilroy has previously stated this is NOT a "reboot or a recast or a prequel", instead "there will be a whole new hero, a whole new chapter...this is a stand-alone project. Jason Bourne will not be in this film, but he's very much alive…We're going to show you the bigger picture, the bigger canvas. When you see what we're going and see what we're doing it'll be pretty obvious....but Jason Bourne's actvities in the first three films is the immediate trigger."

Gilroy wants to screen test all of the actors which, combined with availability, willl pare down that list.

My top 3 picks from the list are Jake Hedlund, or Taylor---Fassbender could also but he would be an even better antagonist for Bourne

Shooting is hoping to kick off in the Spring.

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