New
York
(ANI):
Hollywood
actor
Dustin
Hoffman
is
said
to
be
keen
to
play
Maynard
Nottage,
a
Hollywood
publicist
from
the
Roaring
'20s.
Nottage
was
a
publicist,
who
toured
with
Buffalo
Bill's
Wild
West
Show
and
liked
booze
and
babes.
The
Oscar
winning
actor
wants
to
portray
Nottage,
who
died
an
outcast
from
the
Hollywood
studios
in
1965.
Nottage
had
been
largely
forgotten
until
his
granddaughter
gave
his
collected
papers
to
Mark
Borkowski,
who
wrote
'The
Fame
Formula'.
Director
Tony
Kaye
is
reportedly
interested
in
adapting
'The
Fame
Formula'
as
a
vehicle
for
Hoff
man.