Ewe kubonakala ngathi umba wokufumana indawo endaweni yawo UBrad Pitt en Imeko yokudlala Ekugqibeleni ayizukuba nzima njengoko ibinjalo ekuqaleni. Ukhethiweyo unokuba njalo URussell Crowe ngubani inyathelo elinye ukusuka ekubambeni umyeni we Angelina Jolie kwimincili yezopolitiko Bendithetha ngeentsuku ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo.
Emva kokuba uBrad Pitt egqibile ukushiya ifilimu kwiveki ephelileyo emva kweengxoxo ezininzi nomlawuli UKevin McDonald (Inkosi yokugqibela yaseScotland), i-Universal sele i-Crowe iphantse yabotshwa.
Kufuneka kukhunjulwe ukuba i-State of Play lulungelelwaniso lwabaphathiswa base-Bhritane kwaye isenzo endaweni yaseLondon, ngoku senzeka eWashington, apho U-Edward Norton Uza kudlala uStephen Collins, ingqungquthela ebona indlela anokuncitshiswa ngayo umsebenzi wakhe wezopolitiko emva kokubulawa kwesithandwa sakhe. Crown (UPitt wayeza kuyenza ngaphambili) uzakudlala uCal McCaffrey, owayesakuba ngumpolitiki ngoku eyintatheli eyakuphanda eli tyala kwaye aqale ubudlelwane bezothando kunye nenkosikazi ye-congressman ejilted, azakudlala URobin Wright Penn. UJason Bateman uza kuyizisa intatheli ephanda ngolwaphulo-mthetho, ngelixa inkulu UHelen Mirren Uza kuba ngumhleli wephephandaba apho asebenza khona. Ifilimu ithembisa okuninzi ebalini nakwikomiti eza kuyiphumeza.
