Jason Clarke takes the spotlight in 'Chappaquiddick'
Jason Clarke isn't the kind of actor whose name alone can get a film made. And he recognizes that. Ever since he arrived in Hollywood - already in his mid-30s, a veteran Australian television star with a handful of cop procedurals under his belt - he's been cast by directors rather than producers.
"It's not producers saying, 'This guy can bankroll our film,'" said Clarke, now 48. "It's always been directors saying 'He's right for the part.' That's who I am, and I accept that. Do I get hurt when I hear, 'Oh, they're out to get such and such actor and you're way down the list?' Yes. Does it upset me? Yes. But I'm pretty happy with my lot."
In fact, that's what Clarke first heard after he read the Black Listed-script for "Chappaquiddick," a political drama detailing the cover-up that followed after Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy drove off a bridge in 1969 - an accident that left his
