The Cast For 'The Human Stain' Takes Shape

Posted Thursday, February 7, 2002 at 1:19 PM Central

by John Couture

The cast for the new Miramax drama The Human Stain is almost finalized. Anthony Hopkins will anchor the lineup playing Coleman Silk, a light-skinned black professor who passes himself off as a white Jewish man.

Joining Hopkins is Nicole Kidman, as a rebellious woman who had an affair with Silk, and Gary Sinise, who plays a journalist who digs into Professor Silk's past after he dies and uncovers many secrets.