Published by World Tibet Network News - Wednesday, July 23, 1997Reuters/Variety
Wednesday July 23 8:17 AM EDT
By Michael Fleming and Anita M. Busch
NEW YORK (Variety) - Brad Pitt has been offered the lead role in "The Gambler," a project based on Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novel about the emotional roller coaster of a compulsive gambler in Russia. Pitt is next on the big screen in "Seven Years in Tibet," which comes out in October.