Bacon joins Frank Langella, Michael Sheen, Sam Rockwell, Toby Jones and Matthew McFadyen, who will be directed by Ron Howard (Apollo 13).
The film is based on a series of interviews between David Frost and former American President Richard Nixon in 1977. During the last interview, Nixon admitted his guilt in the Watergate scandal.
Bacon will play Nixon’s cabinet chief, Jack Brennan. Filming for Frost/Nixon is set to begin later this summer.