Hollywood multi-hyphenate Ben Affleck has cast himself as the lead in Argo , the upcoming political period drama that he is directing. Variety reports that the Oscar winner will play Tony Mendez, a CIA agent who created a phony Hollywood production in order to rescue six Americans who were being held hostage in Iran in the ’70s. He will likely join Alan Arkin and John Goodman , who are both in final negotiations to co-star. Affleck last directed himself in The Town . [
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Ben Affleck Casts Himself As Argo Lead
