Irvine Is A Young Railway Man

"War Horse" star Jeremy Irvine has been cast in the film adaptation of "The Railway Man" says The Hollywood Reporter.

The film follows Eric Lomax (Colin Firth), a real-life army officer who suffered at the hands of Japanese soldiers during World War II --only to seek revenge decades later.

Irvine will play the younger version of Lomax.

The script by Andy Paterson and Frank Cottrell Boyce will adapt the Lomax memior of the same name

Jonathan Teplitzky will direct

Shooting kicks off in February on location in the U.K., Thailand and Queensland,

He certainly could pass as a young Firth