From CosmopolisFilm "The much anticipated (and polled) roles of Jane Melman and Torval have been cast! On the Official Cosmopolis website, Emily Hampshire and Kevin Durand take on the important roles and we are SO happy to have faces to our favorite characters. Patricia McKenzie’s role remains unnamed, but our bets are on Kendra, what do you think?
All three actors hail from Canada and are relatively unknown. Last year Emily and Patricia stared together in the thriller Die. Kevin Durand has most recently appeared in I Am Number Four and starred last year as Little John in Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood." via Cosmopolis-film
And yesterday, April 6, 2011Deadline confirmed Jay Baruchel as Shiner. "Baruchel has joined Robert Pattinson in the David Cronenberg-directed Cosmopolis. Pattinson plays a financial wiz kid who puts his life in danger by betting his entire fortune against the yen on a tumultous day in the adaptation of the Don DeLillo novel. Baruchel plays the shy guy who founded the company, and who acts as the trader’s conscience. Shiner is described as “Eric’s Chief of Technology, small and boy faced. Wears a faded shirt and jeans and sits in a masturbatory crouch.”
Update by Larry411 As of April 13th
COSMOPOLIS PRODUCTIONS INC.
STATUS: May 25
LOCATION: Toronto - New York
PRODUCER: Paulo Branco - Martin Katz - Renee Tab WRITER/DIRECTOR: David Cronenberg
PM: Joseph Boccia - Robin Reelis
CAST: Robert Pattinson - Paul Giamatti - Juliette Binoche - Mathieu Amalric - Samantha Morton - Sarah Gadon - Jay Baruchel - Kevin Durand
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KINOLOGY
It is an April day in the year 2000 and an era is about to end. The booming times of market optimism -- when the culture boiled with money and
corporations seemed more vital and influential than governments -- are poised to crash. Eric Packer (Pattinson), a billionaire asset manager at age
twenty-eight, emerges from his penthouse triplex and settles into his lavishly customized white stretch limousine. Today he is a man with two
missions: to pursue a cataclysmic bet against the yen and to get a haircut across town. Stalled in traffic by a presidential motorcade, a music idol's
funeral, and a violent political demonstration, Eric receives a string of visitors -- experts on security, technology, currency, finance, and a few sexual partners -- as the limo sputters toward an increasingly uncertain future. Based on the novel by Don DeLillo. (May 25 – July 24)
Cosmopolis Update: More Casting News
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Jay Baruchel is great!!!!
I haven't kept up with the casting of this movie. I knew Paul Giamatti and Juliette Binoche were in it but not the others.
I love Jay Baruchel! I saw She's Out of My League opening weekend b/c I heart him. I just find him adorable. Awesome news that Jay was cast.
Samantha Morton is great. I've seen Control numerous times. Samantha and Sam Riley were so amazing in that movie!
And I know Sarah Gadon from the tv show Being Erica. She's all right. Don't know who anyone else is.
Um I hope these aren't all the characters casted now :( I was hoping they would cast some well-know actors like Keira Knightley and James McAvoy. Not that I don't think these actors aren't good of course. I just don't find myself very excited over this cast except for Rob and Giamatti.
Disappointed :( I thought Cronenberg might cast Vincent Cassel from his other movies into this. I really don't get the casting. Who are half these actors? Expected better casting for a Cronenberg movie.
I guess Croenberg was going for actors who fit the roles,rather than choosing the "it" name popular actor. Sometimes you can cast a well-known actor in a film and the movie doesn't do as well,because the actor wasn't right for the role. Cosmopolis looks to have an interesting cast and quirky cast,which is the kind of films both Rob and Kristen like to be apart of. I like it that they each take on challenging roles,rathter always doing a film for box office pull.
That's a promising casting! It's pretty cool it includes two well-known french actors. Mathieu Amalric is a great actor and director, and Juliette Binoche is such a classy lady and a brilliant actress. Cosmopolis will give us the opportunity to get to know the "unknown" actors guys, and it helps to counterbalance the big names.
It rocks Rob is part of a crazy and absurd artistic movie like this one. Judging by his recent interviews, it totally sounds like the kind of project he's attracted to - and me too hehe - so it's perfect. And it sure will be great to work with Cronenberg for his career. Very exciting!
Thanks for the news S!
Brilliant casting. The perfect guy is playing Torval. This movie is going to be good. It will be a real departure for Rob. Nice!
Paul Giamatti, Juliette Binoche, Samantha Morton, Mathieu Amalric....that is a crazy amount of talent right there. Great casting by Cronenberg.
So excited that Rob is in this film!!!
ITA @takeitoff...I was reading Cronenberg's personal quotes on IMDb and man, is he interesting and comes from a complex philosophical mindset(very different from my own)...he definitely has something original to bring to the world and I can see why Rob is attracted to this! Looking forward to this artist and absurd endeavor. thanks for the photos and update, S!
looks like good casting, and the
4th & 8th pic are actors I've seen that are good @ being very BAD! Samantha Morton & Juliette Binoche are outstanding actresses. And, Paul Giammatti is phenomenal! Anxious to see Rob in this film and Bel Ami! Bad, wicked Rob will be so much fun!
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