Cusacks in political thriller
John and Joan Cusack are starring again in Brand Hauser: Stuff Happens, which surprisingly is not a thirtysomething tale, it's a dark political satire. Superb stuff, and it just gets better, John (so as not to get confused with Joan) is set to play an assassin!
Trying to push thoughts of Grosse Pointe Blank out of my head, and in particular those superb scenes between him and Dan Ackroyd, the film sounds very interesting and has a cool cast.
Marisa Tomei is an actress I've always enjoyed (that sounds rude, I wish!) and a big surprise is to see Hilary Duff on the cast list for the film, I'm sure something dark will do her career the power of good though.
According to Variety through Coming Soon he's set to play an assassin assigned to kill a Middle Eastern oil Minister. To do this he needs a deep cover, and that is set to be a trade show organiser, a trade show that will feature a huge wedding between a local pop star and politico.
Reading that I'm thinking that transposing the two characters that the Cusack's played in Blank would work really well, but this is a new film and there's darkness to be had. On one hand it's a shame, but the other I can't wait to see the talents of both Cusack's on screen again.
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