Riley Keough, Callum Turner, Pamela Anderson, Jamie Bell and Lukas Gage Among Stars Joining Elle Fanning in Karim Aïnouz’s ‘Rosebush Pruning’
variety.comAlex Ritman An array of big name talent has joined Elle Fanning in “Rosebush Pruning” from “Motel Destino” and “Firebrand” director Karim Aïnouz for Mubi, The Match Factory and Fremantle company The Apartment.
Callum Turner (“Masters of the Air,” “The Boys in the Boat”), Riley Keough (“Daisy Jones & The Six,” “Zola”), Jamie Bell (“All of Us Strangers, Rocketman”), Lukas Gage (“The White Lotus,” “Euphoria”), Tracy Letts (“Lady Bird,” “Ford vs Ferrari”), Elena Anaya (“The Skin I Live In,” “MotherFatherSon”) and Pamela Anderson (“The Last Showgirl,” the forthcoming “The Naked Gun”) are set to start in the film, which was first announced last year and is now shooting in Spain.
Kristen Stewart and Josh O’Connor were originally attached in lead roles alongside Fanning, but have been replaced by Keough and Callum Turner, respectively.
Aïnouz is directing from a script written by Efthimis Filippou (“Kinds of Kindness,” “The Killing of a Sacred Deer,” “The Lobster”) and adapted from Marco Bellocchio’s 1965 debut feature “Fists in the Pocket,” a dark satire of family and social values now considered a landmark piece of Italian cinema. “I’m so excited to bring this audacious and delicious script to life, which challenges our notions of the traditional family and the patriarchy, with this brilliant ensemble of actors who I have long admired,” said Aïnouz.
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