Scarlett Johansson & Jeremy Renner to Star in CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF?

Jeremy Renner may star alongside Scarlett Johansson in a new Broadway revival of CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF. In an interview published yesterday by the Hollywood Reporter, Renner described the role as his back-up plan if he doesn't get a part in THE COUNSELOR.

The interview states: "The actor may do a run on Broadway of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof with his Avengers co-star Johansson, but only if Ridley Scott doesn’t hire him for his upcoming The Counselor."

Scarlett Johansson and Jeremy Renner currently co-star in Marvel Studios' THE AVENGERS, alongside Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Samuel L. Jackson, Mark Ruffalo, Cobie Smulders, Gwyneth Paltrow, Paul Bettany, Stellan Skarsgård, Amanda Righetti, Tom Hiddleston and Lou Ferrigno.

The action adventure fantasy, which is directed and written by Joss Whedon, was released in theaters yesterday, May 4 by Walt Disney Pictures.

The Pulitzer Prize winning CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF, written by Tennessee Williams in 1955 tell the story of the 65th birthday of wealthy southern patriarch Big Daddy Pollitt, who is unknowingly dying of cancer, and his sons Gooper and Brick who have arrived on the scene of the family's Mississippi plantation in hopes of inching closer to their $10 million inheritance. As Brick descends into alcoholism following the death of a college friend, his fragile relationship with his wife Maggie continues to crumble, and the lies and illusion become too much for the family to bear.

You can read the Hollywood Reporter story here.

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