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The Spanish actor's role in Tetro has been taken over by Volver star Carmen Maura after Coppola decided to rewrite it as female.
The movie focuses on the creative rivalries of an Italian immigrant family in Argentina.
Coppola described the move as a "sex change operation", telling The Hollywood Reporter: "One of the important roles in the script is a mentor and teacher to Tetro (Vincent Gallo), and I originally wrote it for a man.
"I felt that the interaction between the two characters would be far more intriguing if they were of the opposite sex."
Bardem won the Best Actor Academy Award for Coen brothers thriller No Country For Old Men.
Coppola's script for the movie was stolen from his Argentinian home by armed robbers last September.
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