UK actress Friel joining medical thriller

Anna Friel is in negotiations to play Bradley Cooper's ex-wife in the medical thriller Dark Fields.

Cooper stars as down-and-out writer who gets his hands on a top-secret drug that makes one smarter, while Friel's character is a woman who was a go-getter before their breakup.

Robert De Niro and Abbie Cornish already are cast in the movie.

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