Washington
(ANI):
Anthony
Hopkins
is
set
to
play
the
role
of
American
writer
Ernest
Hemingway
in
new
film
Hemingway
&
Fuentes.
Andy
Garcia,
who
will
play
the
role
of
the
fisherman,
Gregorio
Fuentes,
will
also
direct
the
film.
The
story
revolves
around
the
writer's
rapport
with
the
Cuban
fisherman
who
inspired
him
to
write
The
Old
Man
&
The
Sea.
"Anthony
is
one
of
the
greatest
actors,
and
I"d
heard
he"d
been
interested
in
playing
the
character
in
the
past.
I"m
blessed
that
he
responded," Contactmusic
quoted
Garcia
as
saying.
Actress
Annette
Bening
will
play
the
part
of
the
writer's
third
wife,
Mary.
Daily
Variety
reports,
Garcia
wrote
the
script
with
the
help
of
Hemingway's
granddaughter
Hilary.