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AAAThe West Australian A chilling image of Cory Monteith in his final role as a drug-addicted criminal in upcoming film McCanick has been released. The photo, depicting the late 31-year-old
Glee star as a long- haired street hustler in the Josh C. Waller-directed film, follows the announcement the crime drama will premiere at the Toronto Film Festival on September 9. Monteith
plays Simon Weeks, a young criminal who is released from prison, then hunted down by two policemen in an effort to hide one of the officer's dark past. Waller said the challenging role
helped Monteith come to terms with his own battle with substance and alcohol abuse. "The character he plays is this drug-addicted street hustler, and he was wanting to tap into things
from his youth - which he's been very open about publicly, " Waller told Entertainment Weekly before Monteith's death last month. GET THE LATEST NEWS FROM THEWEST.COM.AU IN
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