 Variety reported on 6 July 2005 that Gary Oldman had signed to  portray attorney Melvin Belli in "Zodiac." On 14 February 2006, Gary  Oldmans management company, The Douglas Management Group, issued a  statement that a story in the Hollywood Reporter indicating that Mr.  Oldman was filming "Zodiac" was not true, that "Mr. Oldman is not in  the film "Zodiac" and never was." However, in an interview on 2  March 2007 with Cinematical, Zodiac Author Robert Graysmith  stated, "Now we had Gary Oldman at one point, to play Melvin Belli.  He went to a lot of trouble, they had appliances, but just  physically it wasnt going to work, he just didnt have the girth."