Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: Jack Huston has stepped in to play the male lead in Wash Me in Tthe River, joining Robert De Niro and John Malkovich in the Randall Emmett-directed action drama.Taylor Kitsch exited the role, this after agreeing to replace Colson “Machine Gun Kelly” Baker.
The action-thriller is in the vein of No Country for Old Men. Huston will play a recovering addict who goes Man on Fire toward every drug dealer he thinks might have played a role in his fiancée’s death.
Two cops are hot on his trail. Huston had a celebrated turn as an assassin in the HBO series Boardwalk Empire.Emmett/Furla Film’s Emmett, George Furla, and Tim Sullivan will produce.
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