Casting Notes: Michael Fassbender Fires A Single Shot; William H. Macy And More In Dirty Girl; Goth Icon Peter Murphy Cameos In Twilight 3
It’s casting notes time again! First up,Michael Fassbender, the British film critic lieutenant fromInglourious Basterds, has been cast in the thrillerA Single Shot, working under directorDavid Jacobson. He’s appearing alongside a great cast:William H. Macy,Thomas Haden Churchand a newly slimForest Whitaker. (Seriously, check outthis picof Whitaker inThe Experiment. Give the guy a sandwich!) Fassbender will be a poacher on the run from killers — we don’t yet know the killers, but it’s not difficult to speculate that Church and Whitaker might be the guys.[Variety]
After the break, more William H. Macy news, withJuno Temple, and an on-the-nose vampiric turn from the guy who reminded us that Bela Lugosi is dead.
Macy will also be inDirty Girl, with a cast that now includesLisa Kudrow,Sally HawkinsandJuno Temple. First-timerAbe Sylviais directing the film about “a high school tramp who runs away with the school’s gay, fat kid in his homophobic dad’s stolen car.” Expect an ’80s soundtrack and “Broadway-style dance numbers” since Sylvia is a Broadway performer and director. A return to the big old musical that isn’t something from Rob Marshall? OK, I’m curious. (And I don’t dislike Marshall; I just want to see other things than Oscar-bait projects likeChicagoandNine.)
Juno Temple is the title character, Danielle, Hawkins is her ‘reformed slut’ mother, Macy is mom’s Mormon fiance. Awesome. [THR]
Finally,David Sladeand Summit are really courting the franchise’s gothy fanbase by nabbing veteran singerPeter Murphyfor a cameo inThe Twilight Saga: Eclipse. Murphy is ex of Bauhaus, a solo artist in his own right and recently partner with Trent Reznor in the Nine Inch Nails farewell tour. Murphy appears as “a predecessor of the warring vampire factions” the Cullens and Volturi during a flashback that explains backstory about vampire and werewolf strife. [MTV]
