EXCLUSIVE: Gus Van Sant (Good Will Hunting), Lenny Kravitz (Lee Daniels’ The Butler), Beverly D’Angelo (Violent Night), Colleen Camp (Back on the Strip) and Gavin Rossdale (The Bling Ring) have signed on to star alongside Vito Schnabel in the dark comedy The Trainer, which Tony Kaye (American History X) is directing from Schnabel and Jeff Solomon’s script.The film currently in production, after nearly a decade in development, is based on an original story by Schnabel.
It unfolds over eight days of sleep-deprived chaos and follows Jack (Schnabel), a down-on-his-luck fitness expert living with his mother in Los Angeles, who takes a maniacal swing at fame and fortune, trying to realize his version of the American dream.Julia Fox, Steven Van Zandt, Taylour Paige, Stephen Dorff, John McEnroe, Gina Gershon, Luka Sabbat, Soo Joo Park, Brock O’Hurn, Bella Thorne, Laird Hamilton and Duke Nicholson are also set to star.
Details with regard to the characters the newest additions to the cast will be playing have not been disclosed. Schnabel, Kaye and Jeremy Steckler (The Old Man and the Gun) are producing The Trainer, with George Paaswell (The Night House) serving as executive producer.Van Sant is an Oscar-nominated filmmaker known for directing titles including Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot, The Sea of Trees, Promised Land, Restless, Milk, Paranoid Park, Last Days, Elephant, Gerry, Finding Forrester, Psycho, Good Will Hunting, To Die For, My Own Private Idaho and Drugstore Cowboy, among others.
He’s previously appeared in a number of his films, including Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot, as well as the films Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back and The Canyons, and the beloved IFC sketch series, Portlandia.Kravitz is an
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