Casting the Chilean Miners Movie!

By Lee Hernandez | 07/25/2011 - 10:37 | 0 Comments

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Luis Urzua, 54: The last miner to emerge from the San Jose Mine in Northern Chile was Luis Urzua, who also happened to be the team’s leader and foreman. The other men called him the “captain” because Urzua was the one keeping everyone alive underground. Who better to play the group’s leader—and father figure— than our favorite TV dad, Ugly Betty’s Tony Plana.

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