 "Homeland star Damian Lewis to portray controversial former Toronto mayor Rob Ford in upcoming movie Run This Town")
Actor Damian Lewis will be playing controversial ex-Toronto mayor Rob Ford in a new film. Lewis will play the role in the film Run This Town which is currently in production in Toronto. In an interview with Kit Magazine, Lewis said he has been fitted with a prosthetic to play the former mayor. [caption id=“attachment_4427587” align=“alignnone” width=“825”]  Damian Lewis and Rob Ford/Image from Twitter.[/caption] The film’s cast also includes actors Ben Platt, Nina Dobrev and Mena Massoud. Platt will play a low-level reporter at a fictional newspaper, while Dobrev and Massoud will portray Ford’s close aides. Ford made headlines after a drug scandal and a series of controversial comments during his time as Toronto mayor between 2010 and 2014. He died at age of 46 after a fight with a rare cancer.
Damian Lewis will play the role of Rob Ford, the controversy ridden ex-mayor of Toronto who made headlines after a drug scandal and a series of controversial comments.
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