Jaws star Richard Dreyfuss has been cast as convicted Ponzi scheme conman Bernie Madoff in a new TV drama.
The series will be based on Brian Ross' book The Madoff Chronicles: Inside the Secret World of Bernie and Ruth.
Madoff was a former stockbroker and financier who was convicted of fraud in what is considered the largest financial fraud in US history.
Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter a number of top actresses are in the running to play Madoff's wife Ruth.
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