It has been reported that Argo actor Rory Cochrane has joined the cast of the movie Parkland, which already has an impressive cast, including Are We Officially Dating? actor Zac Efron.

Parkland centres around the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, with the movie being named after the Dallas Parkland Memorial Hospital, where JFK was taken, before later being pronounced dead. Parkland will focus on the chaotic events that took place at the hospital on November 22, 1963, when it was revealed that the President had been shot and would be rushed into that hospital.

As well as starring Rory Cochrane and Zac Efron, the rest of the impressive cast of Parkland includes Billy Bob Thornton, Paul Giamatti, Tom Welling, James Badge Dale, Marcia Gay Harden and Jacki Weaver. Parkland is written and directed by Peter Landesman, while Playtone partners Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman will produce alongside Exclusive Media pair Nigel Sinclair and Guy East.

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Zac Efron and Marcia Gay Harden have joined the cast of “Parkland,” the indie drama about the assassination of John F. Kennedy that will mark the directorial debut of scribe Peter Landesman.
Efron will portray Dr. Charles Carrico, a surgeon at Parkland Memorial Hospital, where Kennedy was rushed on Nov. 22, 1963, and later pronounced dead. Harden has signed on to play the part of emergency room nurse Doris Mae Nelson.

Paul Giamatti, Billy Bob Thornton and Jacki Weaver came onboard the project during AFM in late October.

Source: Variety