Netflix’s Spy Pic ‘Our Man From Jersey’ Adds J.K. Simmons, Jackie Earle Haley, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Jessica De Gouw & Alice Lee
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: J.K. Simmons (Being the Ricardos), Jackie Earle Haley (The First Lady), Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (Suicide Squad), Jessica De Gouw (The Secrets She Keeps) and Alice Lee (Brittany Runs a Marathon) have signed on to star alongside Mark Wahlberg and Halle Berry in the Netflix thriller Our Man from Jersey, from director Julian Farino (Ballers).The film centers on Mike (Wahlberg), a down-to-earth construction worker from Jersey, who is quickly thrust into the world of super spies and secret agents when his high school ex-girlfriend Roxanne (Berry) recruits him on a high-stakes U.S.
intelligence mission. Wahlberg, Stephen Levinson and Jeff Waxman will produce the pic written by David Guggenheim and Joe Barton.Simmons won his first Oscar back in 2015 for his portrayal of cut-throat jazz instructor Fletcher in Damien Chazelle’s Whiplash, notching his second nom this year for his supporting turn in Aaron Sorkin’s Being the Ricardos.
The actor is otherwise best known for his turn as Daily Bugle publisher J. Jonah Jameson in projects ranging from Sam Raimi’s 2002 pic Spider-Man to Jon Watts’ 2021 Marvel entry, Spider-Man: No Way Home.
He will also soon be seen in Rebekah McKendry’s horror-thriller Glorious, Sheridan O’Donnell’s drama Little Brother, Adil El Arbi and Bilal Fallah’s Batgirl and Michelle Schumacher’s thriller, You Can’t Run Forever.Haley notched an Oscar nomination in 2006 for his supporting turn in Todd Field’s romantic drama, Little Children.
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