Hhayi-ke, kubonakala sengathi inkinga yokuthola okuzoyithathela indawo Brad Pitt en I-State of Play ekugcineni ngeke kube nzima njengoba bekubonakala ekuqaleni. Okhethiwe angaba Russell Crowe ngubani osele igxathu elilodwa ekubeni obambele umyeni ka Angelina Jolie kumnandi wezombusazwe Bengikhuluma ngezinsuku ezimbalwa ezedlule.
Ngemuva kokuthi uBrad Pitt aqede ukushiya ukuqopha ngeledlule ngemuva kwezingxoxo eziningi nomqondisi UKevin McDonald (Inkosi yokugcina yaseScotland), i-Universal isivele ineCrowe cishe eboshiwe.
Kumele kukhunjulwe ukuthi i-State of Play ukuguqulwa kwezinkonzo zaseBrithani nokuthi isenzo esikhundleni seLondon, manje senzeka eWashington, lapho Edward Norton uzodlala uStephen Collins, ingqungquthela ebona ukuthi umsebenzi wakhe wezepolitiki meteoric unganqanyulwa kanjani ngemuva kokubulawa kwesithandwa sakhe. Isikhova (UPitt wayezokwenza phambilini) uzodlala uCal McCaffrey, owayengusopolitiki manje oyintatheli ezophenya ngaleli cala futhi ozoqala ukuthandana nonkosikazi we-congressman onamahloni, azomdlala URobin Wright Penn. UJason Bateman izokwenza intatheli iphile ngobugebengu, kuyilapho enkulu Helen Mirren Uzoba ngumhleli wephephandaba lapho esebenza khona. Ifilimu ithembisa okuningi kokubili ngendaba nethimba elizokufeza.
