Highlights
- Hurt Locker star Jeremy Renner is set to play Hollywood legend Steve McQueen in a new bio-pic about the 'king of cool'.
- The actor has also set up his own production house called The Combine to make the movie which will look at the life and times of the icon who starred in classics like The Great Escape and Bullitt, reported Sun online.
- After shooting The Hunter in 1979, McQueen was diagnosed with mesothelioma, a cancerous disease linked to asbestos exposure.
- The heavy smoker was too riddled with tumours to be cured and died in 1980, aged 50.
star Jeremy Renner is set to play Hollywood legend Steve McQueen in a new bio-pic about the 'king of cool'.
The actor has also set up his own production house called
The Combine to make the movie which will look at the life and times of the icon who starred in classics like
The Great Escape and
Bullitt, reported Sun online.
After shooting
The Hunter in 1979, McQueen was diagnosed with mesothelioma, a cancerous disease linked to asbestos exposure.
The heavy smoker was too riddled with tumours to be cured and died in 1980, aged 50.
Renner made his name playing bomb disposal soldier William James in Kathryn Biglow's 2008 Oscar winner
The Hurt Locker.
He's since gone on to star in hits like
Thor,
The Town and the upcoming
Mission: Impossible sequel alongside Tom Cruise.
He's being groomed to succeed Cruise as secret agent Ethan Hunt in the action franchise and earlier this week it was announced he will replace Matt Damon as the star of the latest Jason Bourne flick.