Oscar Isaac to play a handsome double agent in The Garbo Network

The Ex Machina actor will play Juan Pujol Garcia, a real-life double agent who helped the Allies pull off the invasion of Normandy. The Barcelona-born Garcia tried to sign up with British forces, who basically laughed him out of the room. So, in the world’s most epic case of negging, he went over to the Germans, where he crafted a fake history as an agent and undermined their operations so effectively that the British couldn’t help but take notice, eventually offering him a job. Garcia’s code name was “Garbo,” and he built a network of fake sub-agents that bilked the Germans out of tons of money while also convincing them at the invasion of Normandy was actually taking place in Pas de Calais. Garcia has the dubious distinction of having earned an Iron Cross and an MBE.

There’s no director yet, but Storyscape’s Chuck Weinstock thinks the biggest piece of the puzzle is already in place with Isaac leading the film, telling THR “There are very few actors who can do both pathos and comic grandiosity. Oscar is one of them, and we feel very lucky to have him.” Let’s just hope The Garbo Network calls for at least one dance sequence.