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Bourne Legacy's Jeremy Renner may play Julian Assange

Jeremy Renner and Julian Assange
Jeremy and Julian: Long-lost brothers? Images: Universal Pictures/AAP

Two-time Oscar nominee Jeremy Renner better brush up on that Aussie accent when he's in Australia next month to promote The Bourne Legacy.

The American action star is in talks to play WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in a Hollywood blockbuster based on his public life, Deadline reports.

DreamWorks has apparently bought the rights to two books about the founding of the international not-for-profit information sharing website.

The 41-year-old star is the same age as the controversial whistle-blower, and the round-faced pair look somewhat related, might we add.

Jeremy's star is on the rise after appearing in The Avengers, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, and the new Bourne thriller, replacing Matt Damon as the lead in the fourth instalment of the spy franchise.

The Hurt Locker actor will attend the Sydney premiere of The Bourne Legacy on Tuesday, August 7. The film is in cinemas August 16.

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