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December 10, 2003 — Sean Penn has been offered the male lead opposite Nicole Kidman in "The Interpreter", according to Variety.

The film centres on a South African U.N. interpreter, played by Kidman, who overhears a conversation that could topple a government. She is paired up with a skeptical FBI agent, the roll Penn would play.

The Sydney Pollack-directed thriller will begin shooting in New York early next year.