Kellan Lutz misses out on making baseball hero story
Twilight star Kellan Lutz has missed out on bringing baseball star Josh Hamilton's life story to the big screen - because Casey Affleck was the first to score a home run on the project.
Lutz is a massive fan of the slugger and had hoped to secure the rights for a biopic about him.
He tells WENN, "A real life hero that I read the book of and would
have loved to have done is Josh Hamilton. The book is called Beyond
Belief. He's an amazing baseball player but his story and the
trials and tribulations that he went through; he's just a normal
dude who gets tempted and makes wrong decisions.
"He really pulled himself out of a dark place and, after reading
the book, I just felt so connected to it. I actually got to meet
Josh through a friend of a friend, and he's such a cool dude. I
just love his story... To bring that story to life would be
amazing. But I think Casey Affleck is writing the screenplay."
Hamilton overcame drug abuse issues to become one of the biggest
stars in baseball.