Ridley Scott May Give ‘All The Money In The World’ To Mark Wahlberg & Michelle Williams
By Jack Giroux/April 4, 2017 5:30 am EST
Below, learn more about the All the Money in the World casting.
According to Deadline, Williams, Wahlberg, and Kevin Spacey are circling roles in Scott’s true crime thriller. David Scarpa wrote the Blacklist script which is about John Paul Getty III, a teenager kidnapped who was kidnapped in 1971. The teen, who was the grandson a rich oilman, John Paul Getty Sr., was held ransom for $17 million.
The boy’s grandfather, who didn’t think much of his son or grandson, wouldn’t pony up the ransom money. The boy’s mother, Gail Harris, pleaded with the grandfather to come to his senses. When she first asked for help, after she divorced his son and refused millions of dollars to stick around, he did nothing. Getty Sr. thought it’d open a floodgate, making his 14 grandchildren vulnerable.
The contender for world’s worst grandfather eventually did agree to pitch in $2.2 million. He loaned his son another $700,000 for the ransom money, which was to be paid back with interest. With one ear missing, John Paul Getty returned to his mother. Williams might play Gail Harris, while Kevin Spacey might play the grandfather. What major role Wahlberg is considering is unknown, but it’d be great to see what he could do in a Sir Ridley Scott film.
