Morgan Freeman and Jack Huston Are Here To Make Ben-Hur Cool Again — cinemablend.com

The Boardwalk Empire actor isn’t the only addition to the film’s burgeoning ensemble, though, as screen-legend Morgan Freeman’s presence has been announced too. MGM and Paramount have been auditioning legions of actors throughout Hollywood in order to land their Ben-Hur, and after his rather spectacular portrayal of Richard Harrow -- the one-eyed, World War I veteran who wears a mask to hide his injury -- on HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, it was pretty obvious to all who saw him that Huston would one day land a big, leading-man film role.

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