Stone, Wood join Estevez’ ‘Bobby’ campaign
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LOS ANGELES—Emilio Estevez has added Sharon Stone and Elijah Wood to the high-wattage cast for “Bobby,” his passion project about the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, which he will write and direct. Nick Cannon and Freddy Rodriguez have also joined the lineup, which already includes Anthony Hopkins and Demi Moore. Estevez also has a role.
The independently produced ensemble film mixes fact and fiction to chronicle the intertwining lives of a grand cast of characters, all of whom are present at Los Angeles’ Ambassador Hotel in the hours leading up to Kennedy’s shooting. Stone will play the wife of the hotel manager who works in the hotel’s beauty salon. Wood’s character is marrying a girl to change his draft classification. Cannon is a Youth for Kennedy volunteer, and Rodriguez is a hotel busboy.
Ten more major roles need to be filled, but after 4-1/2 years, Estevez is 2-1/2 weeks away from the first day of principal photography. The budget is less than $10 million. Estevez was inspired to make the film by his friend, director Roger Avary, who set his “Killing Zoe” primarily in one location. At the same time, he wanted to make a picture that was indigenous to Los Angeles, especially when so many movies are getting made out of the country. “In 2000, I found myself at the Ambassador Hotel for a photo shoot with my brother (Charlie Sheen), and I remember calling Roger going, ‘I think I found it.