The Bear’s Jeremy Allen White to Star in Hustle Director’s New Movie

Jeremy Allen White has been tapped to star in Jeremiah Zagar’s upcoming movie, The Painted Bride. 

White, best known for his roles in The Bear and The Iron Claw, will be playing a dedicated family man in The Painted Bride. The Golden Globe winner will be joined by Mandy Patinkin (Homeland, Death and Other Details) and Oscar-nominated actress Isabella Rossellini (Conclave, Death Becomes Her) in the upcoming project. It is said to be a combination of live-action and stop-motion animation. 

What is Jeremy Allen White’s new movie The Painted Bride about?

According to the plot description (courtesy of Deadline), The Painted Bride will feature White playing Elisha, “a man who during the day swims, cooks and cares for his family, and at night, obsesses over a new project dedicated to his young son and his dying father. When a crisis draws him back home to Baltimore, his world begins to collapse, expand, regress and explode all around him.”

The film’s producers are Jeremy Yaches, Paul Mezey, Andrew Goldman, and Klaudia Śmieja-Rostworowska. Zagar described The Painted Bride as “a story about masculinity and what we pass on to our children. It is about blood, art, duty, family and love. Above all, it is about love.”

Zagar is the filmmaker behind the critically acclaimed Netflix sports dramedy Hustle, led by Adam Sandler. He also directed the coming-of-age drama, We the Animals.

White came to prominence for his Phillip Gallagher role in the comedy drama Shameless. His career rose to even greater heights when he starred as Carmy Berzatto in The Bear. The actor also starred in projects like Beautiful Ohio, The Speed of Life, Afterschool, The Time Being, Movie 43, After Everything, Rob the Mob, Homecoming, Bad Turn Worse, Viena and the Fantomes, The Birthday Cake, The Rental, Fingernails, and Fremont. 

(Source: Deadline)