Simon Rex, Inanna Sarkis & Wayne Brady Among Cast Joining Addiction Drama ‘The Prince’
EXCLUSIVE: Simon Rex (Red Rocket), Inanna Sarkis (After series), and Wayne Brady (The Good Fight) are among cast joining J.K. Simmons, Nicolas Cage, Andy Garcia, Giancarlo Esposito and Scott Haze in David Mamet-scripted addiction drama The Prince.
As we previously reported, director Cameron Van Hoy’s movie is rumored to have been partly inspired by the journey of Hunter Biden.
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George Newbern (Father of the Bride films), Beverly D’Angelo (National Lampoon’s Vacation series), Paul Cassell (Just Like Heaven), and Courtnee Carter (Anything’s Possible) have also newly joined the cast.
Though most plot details are being kept under wraps, The Prince is said to chronicle the “outrageous story of Parker Scott (played by Haze), a drug-fueled power broker hungry for non-stop thrills, ruling over a privileged world where pleasure is king, and more is never enough”.
Pic is produced by Sean Wolfington (Sound of Freedom), Haze, Van Hoy (Flinch), Jo Henriquez (Missing), and Lije Sarki (The Peanut Butter Falcon). John Devaney, CJ Kirvan, and Jose Luiz Zapata serve as executive producers.
Mamet alluded to his work on the project a few months ago, in an interview with podcaster Andrew Klavan. “These guys who did Sound of Freedom, they came to me and they said, ‘You want to write a movie for us?’ I said, ‘Yeah sure, what do you got?’” he shared. “They said they wanted to do a movie about Hunter Biden.”
A source close to the filmmakers last month denied that the project draws inspiration from Biden, stating, “This project has been in the works for a while and, as it currently stands and is led by van Hoy, is a fictional account of fictional events and characters.”
Rex is represented Buchwald and Range Media Partners. Brady is represented by CAA and Vault Entertainment. Newbern is represented by Innovative Artists and Leslie Allan-Rice Management. D’Angelo is represented by Independent Artists Group and Atlas Artists. Sarkis is represented by CAA, Luber Roklin Entertainment, and Hansen, Jacobson. Carter is represented by Artists and Representatives and Perennial Entertainment. Cassell is represented by Ellis Talent Group and Mary Erickson Management.
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