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Miles Tellerhas been tapped to executive produce and star in the upcomingGodfathermaking-of series,The Offer,multiple outletsreport.
TheWhiplashactor, 34, will play Al Ruddy, a producer onThe Godfather,in the planned 10-episode Paramount+ drama which follows Ruddy’s experiences making the 1972 film alongside director Francis Ford Coppola.
A rep for Paramount+ did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
Armie Hammerwas previously set to star as Ruddy, butexited the project in Januaryamid the controversy surrounding his alleged leaked online messages,Varietyreported at the time.
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Since then, Hammer has faced a series of other controversies, including aformal rape allegationfrom the 24-year-old woman behind the House of Effie account, named Effie.
After first sharing her story anonymously on her social media account, Effieaccused Hammer of sexual assault, describing a four-hour incident that she said occurred in 2017. She appeared in a press conference in March alongside her attorney Gloria Allred and accusedThe Social Networkactor of rape and physical abuse.
Shortly after the press conference, the Los Angeles Police Department confirmed the actor was being investigated in a sexual assault case that was opened on Feb. 3.
Hammer — whoannounced his separationfrom wifeElizabeth Chamberslast summer — has denied the allegations.
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In a statement provided to PEOPLE, Hammer’s lawyer denied the rape allegation and maintained that his relationship with Effie was “completely consensual, discussed and agreed upon in advance, and mutually participatory.”
In addition to leavingThe OfferandShotgun Weddingin January, Hammer also announced last monththat he would not return to Broadway. (He had been set to be in the cast of Tracy Letts’The Minuteswhen it was scheduled to debut last March, but the COVID-19 shutdown threw a wrench in the schedule. It is set to resume for the 2021-2022 Broadway season. The play first opened in 2017, and Hammer had been in previews early last year at the Cort Theater.)
If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, please contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) or go torainn.org.
If you or someone you know has been a victim of sexual abuse, text “STRENGTH” to the Crisis Text Line at 741-741 to be connected to a certified crisis counselor.
source: people.com
