Sex, drugs ?n? ? Forrest Gump?

Tom Hanks will have to drop his Nicest Guy In Hollywood reputation for his new role as an unruly U.S. politician. Variety reports that the two-time Oscar-winner has been cast as the titular character in ?Charlie Wilson?s War.?

Based on a book by George Crile, the movie tells the story of real-life Texas congressman Wilson, dubbed ?Good Time Charlie? due to his penchant for booze and women. His political career almost caved in the early 1980s when he was caught in a hot tub tryst with two cocaine-sniffing showgirls in Las Vegas.

He survived the scandal and went on to oversee the largest and most successful CIA operation in history, one which covertly funded Afghan resistance fighters in their war again Russia. Wilson?s efforts in collaborating with rogue CIA agent Gust Avrakotos are credited with hastening the fall of the Iron Curtain.

The political drama was scripted by ?West Wing? creator Aaron Sorkin and will be produced by Hanks and Gary Goetzman under their Universal-based Playtone banner.

A director has not yet been named.

The film is scheduled to begin shooting next spring after Hanks completes ?The Da Vinci Code,? which he is currently filming in Paris with director Ron Howard.

Hanks, 49, won back-to-back Best Actor Oscars in the mid-?90s for his work in ?Philadelphia? and ?Forrest Gump.? He more recently starred in ?The Terminal? and lent his voice to ?The Polar Express.?

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