Champs casting call.

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Looks like Sly has completed the casting for the major players in the movie. Now the problem is casting for the rest of the field. Due to the fact that none of the drivers belong to the Screen Actors Guild Sly will have to look elsewhere for people to play the drivers. According to the local Hollywood gossip column in the Albany Times-Union here is the list of actors and who they will be playing:
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Leonardo DiCaprio as Juan Montoya
Roberto Pannini as Gil DeFerran
Ralph Maccio as Helio Castro-Neves
Jackie Chan as Shinji Nakano
Gilbert Godfried as Micheal Andretti
Richard Greico as Max Papis
Matt Damon as Kenny Brack
Matthew Broderick as Richie Hearn
Johnny Depp as Christian Fittipaldi
Kevin Bacon as Jimmy Vasser
Hugh Grant as Mark Blundell
Arnold Schwarzenegger as Paul Tracy
Dario Franchitti as himself (Thanks Ashley!)
Tom Cruise as Patrick Carpentier
Antonio Banderas as Adrian Fernandez
Danny Bonaduce as Bryan Herta
Mini Me as Cristiano daMatta
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Also starring:
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John Cleese as Andrew Craig
Rowan Atkinson as Tony George
Ernest Borgnine as A.J Foyt
Bob Denver as Leo Mehl
Christopher Lloyd as Bobby Rahal