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Deadline reported today that Paramount Pictures and Bad Robot's J.J. Abrams and Bryan Burk have obtained the rights to New York Times reporter Juliet Macur's book proposal for Cycle Of Lies: The Fall of Lance Armstrong. Of course, #LanceArmstrongMovieTitles is already going strong on Twitter. But with Armstrong's Oprah confession dominating headlines this week and returning for part two tonight — and with Macur's reporting delving into every detail of his unfolding drama — we've never been more familiar with the characters of this biopic-to-be. Plus, it's pretty amazing how much some of Hollywood's leading men look like the major players in the scandal. So who should be in the movie? Let's play casting director:
Lance Armstrong
For the lead role, Abrams and Co. are going to want an actor who can capture both the magnetism that made so many people such loyal followers and the sleaziness that contributed to his downfall. How about Matthew McConaughey? The former rom-com star has had a career revival playing weird supporting characters in weird movies of late. And he's due for a big, leading-role Oscar push. Too bad they're running buddies, because the resemblance is kind of uncanny: