Published 20:56 IST, October 16th 2019
Willem Dafoe to star in Guillermo del Toro's 'Nightmare Alley'
Oscar-nominated actor Willem Dafoe recently joined filmmaker Guillermo del Toro's 'Nightmare Alley'. The filmmaker has already casted many other famous actors.
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Oscar-minated actor Willem Dafoe recently joined filmmaker Guillermo del Toro's Nightmare Alley. According to reports, filmmaker has alrey cast many or famous Hollywood stars in his upcoming film. film follows a 1946 based vel, titled by same name by author William Lindsay Gresham.
A story of con artists
Nightmare Alley will be directed by famous del Toro from a script he and Kim Morgan wrote toger. plot of story shows character Carlisle played by Cooper, who's an ambitious young con-man working with a female psychiatrist played by Cate Blanchett, who is even more corrupt and clever than him.
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Out-manipulating manipulator
Initially, according to vel, both partners enjoy success fooling and fleecing people with ir incredible mentalist plans, but later female psychiatrist turns story around, by playing on her own partner in crime, out-manipulating manipulator. Dafoe will play he barker at a travelling carnival who offers Brley Cooper's Carlisle a job, ushering him into a world of show biz and grifting. Apart from main les, film’s cast also includes actors such as Rooney Mara, Toni Collette and David Strathairn.
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Del Toro will also produce project with J Miles Davis. film’s production is expected to begin in early 2020 in Toronto. Gresham's vel was previously apted into a 1947 movie, directed by Edmund Goulding and starring Tyrone Power and Coleen Gray in le.
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Dafoe most recently featured in David Eggers' Lighthouse, alongside Robert Pattinson. He will next star in Edward rton's directorial Morless Brooklyn and Dee Rees political thriller Last Thing He Wanted. Dafoe, a four-time Oscar minee, has Edward rton's Morless Brooklyn coming out next month. Lighthouse, in which he stars opposite Robert Pattinson, opens in select aters Friday.
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20:10 IST, October 16th 2019