George Clooney loses 'Your Voice in Your Head' role to Stanley Tucci

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The Hunger Games actor Stanley Tucci will star opposite Harry Potter stalwart Emma Watson in the next film from Deathly Hallows director David Yates.

..Tucci was cast as the male lead in Warner BrosYour Voice in My Head, reportedly beating out the likes of George Clooney for the male lead, according to Variety.

Based on the memoirs by screenwriter Emma Forrest, the story revolves around a young writer who, after the demise of her relationship with a journalist, attempts suicide before being saved by a terminally-ill psychiatrist, according to the trade magazine.

''Tucci would play the psychiatrist,'' it added.

The film did not yet receive a green light from the studio, but Warner is said to be keen enough on the movie to see it as an Oscar contender for 2013, especially in the Best Actor race.

fluffy wrote:Do you think that's why Gee looked so thin lately??? Maybe this was the role and not MM???

party animal - not! wrote:Oh, that's great. Didn't his first wife die, and he was alone for quite some time after that?

EEOsandy wrote:Sorry for George, but I love Tucci on the screen. He's married to Emily Blunt's sister, Felicity. Another couple with a 20-year age gap.