This is a good news for all Dhanush fans. The actor has joined the cast of Netflix’s action thriller The Gray Man. On Thursday, Netflix announced that Dhanush along with Wagner Moura, Jessica Henwick and Julia Butters have been signed to play pivotal roles in Russo Brothers’ The Gray Man. Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans and Ana De Armas were earlier cast in the Russo Brothers directorial venture.
The Gray Man is based on Mark Greaney’s 2009 novel of the same name. While the details of Dhanush’s role are still under wraps, it is reported that Ryan Gosling will play the lead role of Gentry, who is hunted across the globe by Lloyd Hansen, played by Chris Evans, who will be seen in the role of a former cohort at the CIA.
The official Twitter handle of Netflix on Thursday announced that Dhanush, Wagner Moura, Jessica Henwick and Julia Butters have joined the cast of the action thriller The Gray Man. His first Netflix outing, The Gray Man marks Dhanush’s second international project after 2018’s The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir.
THE GRAY MAN cast just got even better.
Jessica Henwick, Wagner Moura, Dhanush, and Julia Butters will join Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, and Ana de Armas in the upcoming action thriller from directors Anthony and Joe Russo. pic.twitter.com/SJcz8erjGm
— NetflixFilm (@NetflixFilm) December 17, 2020
As reported earlier, The Gray Man is the official screen adaptation of Mark Greaney’s novel of the same name. Talking about the film, Anthony Russo had earlier told Deadline, “The movie is a real mano a mano between those two great actors who represent two different versions of the CIA, in what it can be, and what it can do. For those who were fans of Captain America: Winter Soldier, this is us moving into that territory in more of a real-world setting. That’s what this movie really means for us.”
Joe Russo added, “The intention is for it to be competitive with any theatrical, and the ability to do with with Gosling and Evans is a dream for us. The idea is to create a franchise and build out a whole universe, with Ryan at the centre of it. We have all committed to the first movie, and that’s got to be great to get us to the second movie. These are master assassins, and Gosling’s characters gets burned by the CIA and Evans’ character has to hunt him down. We have a great working relationship with Netflix, and we go back almost 20 years with Scott Stuber. We formed AGBO to be an agnostic storytelling company, where we figure out the best platform. We think Netflix is the perfect place for this film.”
Source: India Today
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