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Social media users are already calling for Dave Franco to portray alleged gunman Luigi Mangione if the chilling slaying of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is ever adapted for the screen.
Mangione was detained by police in Pennsylvania on Monday in connection with the execution-style murder of Thompson, 50, last week.
The 26-year-old ‘anti-capitalist’ Ivy League student was taken into custody after he was recognized as the suspected killer in a McDonald’s in Altoona, around 100 miles east of Pittsburgh.
Mangione’s capture comes after five days on the run.
No sooner had Mangione been identified than social media users began pointing out that he bears a resemblance to Franco, 39, thanks to their thick striking eyebrows, eyes, and grin.
It also didn’t take long for the internet to darkly predicting prolific television writer Ryan Murphywould already be in the process of transforming Mangione’s story into a gripping series for the …