Jared leto joins ‘dallas buyers club’

Jared Leto Joins ‘Dallas Buyers Club’ You will be redirected back to your article in seconds Skip to main content November 6, 2012 12:00pm SERVICES TO SHARE THIS PAGE. Jared Leto has been

cast alongside Matthew McConaughey and Jennifer Garner in the AIDS drug drama _Dallas Buyers Club_, which is starting production next week in New Orleans. It will be the first feature film

in five years for Leto, who has been concentrating on his band 30 Seconds To Mars and his documentary _Artifact_, which won the People’s Choice Award this year at Toronto. _Dallas_ centers

on Ron Woodruff (McConaughey), who was given six months to live after contracting AIDS in 1986 and spent the next six years smuggling medicine into the U.S. to help himself and fellow

sufferers. Leto will play Rayon, a cross-dressing fellow AIDS patient who meets Ron in the hospital. The role was considered a choice won and the producers were close to casting it last

week, when Garner came aboard. Leto, whose past credits include _Requiem For A Dream_, _Girl, Interrupted_ and _Lord Of War_, is repped by CAA and Untitled; CAA and Cassian Elwes rep the

film’s domestic distribution rights. RELATED: AFM: Jennifer Garner Near Deal To Star In ‘Dallas Buyers Club’ WATCH ON DEADLINE 8 Comments JavaScript is required to load the comments.

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