Oscar Isaac joins Spielberg ‘passion project’ ‘The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara’
The ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’ actor will star alongside Mark Rylance in the historical drama
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Your support makes all the difference.Oscar Isaac is one actor whose profile has risen considerably over the course of the past few years aided by a good run of impressive career choices (X-Men: Apocalypse aside, perhaps).
Having worked with acclaimed filmmakers including the Coen Brothers (Inside Llewyn Davis), JC Chandor (A Most Violent Year) and JJ Abrams (some little film called Star Wars: The Force Awakens), it's no surprise to learn the actor will be joining forces with directing heavyweight Steven Spielberg.
Moreover, Variety reports that the Spielberg film he's set to appear in has been described as the maestro’s ‘passion project’ – namely The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara, an adaptation of David Kertzer's novel following a young Jewish boy in 1850s Italy.
The wider story sees the secretly baptised character taken from his family to be raised as a Christian. The ensuing struggle of his parents to free their son becomes part of “a larger political battle that pits the papacy against forces of democracy and Italian unification.”
Mark Rylance – who starred in Spielberg’s adaptation of The BFG and won an Oscar for his role in Bridge of Spies – will lead the cast of the film that the director plans to make after Ready Player One.
Isaac will also team up with Ex Machina director Alex Garland again for sci-fi thriller Annihilation as well as reprising his role of Poe Dameron for the next instalment of Star Wars.
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