prodigious, supersede, uncouth
Hugh Jackman will supersede Russell Crowe in the lead role in Baz Luhrmann's forthcoming film about an uncouth cattle driver who has an affair with an English woman who has inherited a ranch on a prodigious piece of land in World War II-era Australia.
supersede - (verb) to replace
uncouth - (adjective) unrefined; coarse
prodigious - (adjective) extremely large in size, extent, or force