John Lithgow is the latest addition to Killers Of The Flower Moon
Lithgow joins the robust cast of Scorsese's Osage Nation-set film
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Two-time Oscar nominee and triple threat John Lithgow has joined the ensemble cast of Martin Scorsese’s Killers Of The Flower Moon, taking on the role of a prosecutor in the crime drama. That’s right, he’s gonna get to go off on some fellow white men (in this case, played by Robert De Niro and Jesse Plemons) for their heinous crimes.
Plemons, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone, and De Niro lead the Western epic about the “Reign Of Terror” in the Osage Nation, in which dozens of wealthy members of the Indigenous community were targeted in a series of murders for their oil holdings. It will also explore the early origins of the FBI, which investigated the murders.
Other members on the increasingly robust cast include Tantoo Cardinal, Scott Shepherd, Brendan Fraser, Pat Healy, Jason Isbell, Sturgill Simpson, and Louis Cancelmi. Indigenous cast members brought onto Killers Of The Flower Moon so far include Cardinal, Gladstone, Nathaniel Arcand, Jade Myers, JaNae Collins, Tatanka Means, and Jillian Dion. Cardinal will play Lizzie Q, the mother of Mollie Burkhart (Gladstone) with Myers, Collins, and Dion playing her three sisters, Anna, Reta, and Minnie. Ernest Burkhart, played by DiCaprio, marries Mollie after encouragement from his uncle, William Hale (De Niro), in his plot to inherit numerous oil headrights following their mysterious murders. Scorsese’s telling of the events is based on David Grann’s Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI.
Lithgow has nearly done it all: performed in numerous Broadway musicals, television shows, award-winning films. He’s released three albums and written 13 books, but has yet to make an appearance in a Scorsese film. Lithgow is currently nominated for an Emmy for his performance in the HBO series Perry Mason. He’s also known for his work in Bombshell, Terms Of Endearment, and The World According To Garp. His television highlights include Dexter, The Crown, and 3rd Rock From The Sun. Lithgow also voiced Lord Farquaad in Shrek, what a legend.
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I’m confused. Why are you snarking about there being another white man in the cast just before pointing out that there are several indigenous people in the cast too? It’s certainly possible that those actors will get barely any screen time and the story will be centered entirely on the white cast members, but shouldn’t we see the film first before determining that to be the case?
Because there are a lot of white guys in a movie about the murders of Osage women.
C’mon, buddy… Why are you bothered by this? Like, at all?
Bothered in what sense? I’m not personally aggrieved, but I don’t think it’s very good writing or reporting. At best, it’s confusing and at worst it’s a lazy attempt to inject a misplaced grievance into an article where it’s not needed.
Was the article edited? I don’t see any snarking going on at all.
Yeah. It looks like it was, actually. The subheadline originally said something about him being another white man added to the cast. There’s still this, which survived:
That’s right, he’s gonna get to go off on some fellow white men (in this case, played by Robert De Niro and Jesse Plemons) for their heinous crimes.There may have been another line in the body of the article about all the white men too, but I can’t remember.
I gotcha. I felt like the line you quoted was showing more enthusiasm than snark, personally.
Yeah. I think it might have been rephrased as well. Though I’m not positive. The tone I got from the article initially was that the author wasn’t happy about all the white men in the cast. As I said, it may prove to be problematic if the indigenous people are used more as props than actual characters, but that remains to be seen.
What’s weird to me is all this new casting when they’ve already filmed a huge chunk of the movie. They just wrapped up filming in Pawhuska like a week ago.Also, why is Sanchez calling the movie a Western? It’s definitely not a Western. Is it because it has “Indians” in it?
It has, in fact, been edited. It said something along the lines of “yet another white man joins the cast of [movie]” under the title where it now reads “Lithgow joins the robust cast of Scorsese’s Osage Nation-set film”. (What’s that called?) Whole lotta nothing, if you ask me, which you, of course, did not.
I did not ask you, but I appreciate your contribution to the discussion.
I’m still unable to ungrey comments. Sorry, Whiskeyprayer.
Yeah. There are a lot of white guys. Because the people who committed the murders and the people who investigated the murders were all white men. Wouldn’t be a very good movie if those people were not included, would it?
It’s the site’s new shtick. I see the line you’re talking about. It’s the site’s new shtick.
Let’s hear for another white man who’s joining the cast of the Osage Nation-set filmIs this clickbait bullshit pandering really necessary? The article literally goes on to list a large number of indigenous actors who are also in the film and then finishes by calling the exact same person the first sentence goes out of it’s way to insult a legend. I don’t get it. Are white men not allowed to exist anymore?
The book is a good one. Could possibly be movie-fied, but it’s a labyrinthine story which might lose too much from the format. We’ll see, I guess.
Scorsese tried to make a movie about Wounded Knee with Marlon Brando in the Seventies, but it didn’t work out. It seems his interest in this sort of thing never left him. I think it’s a wildly ambitious project for a guy who’s pushing 80 years-old. I’m looking forward to it.
I’m getting the impression that this film is perpetually being shot and perpetually adding on new cast members.
So it’s Scorsese’s Star Citizen Kane?
‘Louis Cancelmi ‘ This can’t end well.
If he’s in a Scorsese flick his career’s already doing better than Frank Trunkhooker’s career.I wonder what happened to that guy?
The title of this film reminds me of the title of the movie trailer this gentleman is watching: