HUGH JACKMAN is in talks to play Enzo Ferrari in a biopic from Oscar-nominated film-maker Michael Mann.

    The star is likely to take on the role of the motor racing driver and entrepreneur while Noomi Rapace is set to play his estranged wife Linda. The pair reportedly had a difficult and tempestuous relationship.

    The project has been in development for 17 years and was originally a partnership between Mann and Sydney Pollack, who died in 2008. Christian Bale was once attached but reportedly quit over concerns about the weight gain required. Now that Jackman has finished playing “Wolverine,” he is able to break free from his strict workout regimen.

    Robert De Niro was also linked to a competing biopic in 2015 but it is unclear whether this will still be going ahead. Mann’s project will take place in 1957 as Ferrari was locked in a bitter rivalry with Maserati.

    (SD-Agencies)