Hollywood multi-hyphenate Ben Affleck has cast himself as the lead in Argo, the upcoming political period drama that he is also directing. Variety reports that the Oscar winner will play Tony Mendez, a CIA agent who created a phony Hollywood production in order to rescue six Americans who were being held hostage in Iran in the '70s. He will likely join Alan Arkin and John Goodman, who are both in final negotiations to co-star. Affleck last directed himself in The Town. [Variety]
