Gina Rodriguez To Star With Mark Wahlberg In 'Deepwater Horizon'?
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"Jane
the
Virgin" star
Gina
Rodriguez
is
in
talks
to
star
opposite
actor
Mark
Wahlberg
in
disaster
drama
film
"Deepwater
Horizon".
The
story
of
the
film
focuses
on
the
2010
explosion
on
the
BP
rig
that
resulted
in
the
biggest
oil
spill
in
US
history,
reports
variety.com.
Lionsgate,
Participant
Media
and
Lorenzo
di
Bonaventura
acquired
feature
rights
in
2011
to
the
New
York
Times
article
"Deepwater
Horizon's
Final
Hour",
written
by
David
Barstow,
David
Rohde
and
Stephanie
Saul.
The
2010
explosion
of
Deepwater
Horizon
in
the
Gulf
of
Mexico
killed
11
men
working
on
the
platform
and
injured
17
others.
The
subsequent
gusher
wasn't
capped
for
three
months.
Wahlberg
will
portray
an
electrician
on
the
oil
rig,
while
Rodriguez
is
in
talks
to
play
Andrea
Fleytas,
the
23-year-old
who
was
monitoring
the
oil
rig's
safety
systems
in
the
moments
before
the
explosion.
She
testified
later
that
she
did
not
immediately
sound
an
alarm
because
she
had
not
been
training
to
deal
with
multiple
warnings.
Directed
by
Peter
Berg,
"Deepwater
Horizon." is
expected
to
release
on
September
30,
2016.