Singer Miguel joins Zoe Saldaña in Ben Affleck's 'Live By Night' project
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 15: Singer Miguel attends Rodarte Spring 2016 during New York Fashion Week at Center 548 on September 15, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Ben Gabbe/Getty Images) (2015 Getty Images)
Grammy-winning singer Miguel is heading to Hollywood.
The Mexican-American R&B crooner will join the cast of the Ben Affleck produced “Live By Night.” He is slated to play Estefan, the brother of Graciella Suarez, played by Zoe Saldaña, according to Deadline.
This will be Miguel’s first acting gig.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}“Live By Night,” which is currently being filmed, is a Prohibition-era crime drama based on the Dennis Lehane novel of the same name. It focuses on Joe Coughlin (played by Affleck), the black-sheep son of a police captain who gets involved in high levels of organized crime in Tampa.
Saldaña’s Graciella is a woman that Coughlin meets as he becomes more involved in the organized crime world.
“Live By Night” is currently scheduled to be released by Warner Bros. in 2017 after bowing out of a Oct. 7, 2016 date, Deadline reported.
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