Sebastian Stan, Renate Reinsve, and Adam Pearson to lead A24 psychological thriller A Different Man
The film comes from writer and director Aaron Schimberg
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Sebastian Stan, Renate Reinsve, and Adam Pearson are all set to lead Aaron Schimberg’s psychological thriller A Different Man, which will be financed and produced by A24.
According to Deadline, A Different Man follows Edward, “an outcast who is seeking a new life and fresh start. After he undergoes facial reconstructive surgery, he becomes fixated on a man starring as him in a stage production based on his former life.”
Stan is attached to the project as the executive producer. In addition to A24, the film’s producers include Christine Vachon, Gabriel Mayers, Vanessa McDonnell, and Jason Reif.
Stan recently starred in the Hulu’s cannibalism thriller Fresh, opposite Daisy Edgar Jones. He also starred in the streamer’s limited series Pam & Tommy. His other upcoming projects include the architect drama The Brutalist, and Benjamin Caron’s Sharper. Stan’s been on a bit of a roll lately, picking up a roster of compelling projects in between his work with the MCU.
Reinsve made waves this last year for her work as the lead in Joachim Trier’s Oscar-nominated romance dramedy The Worst Person In The World. Prior to The Worst Person In The World, she appeared in a slew of Norwegian films, shorts, and television series. Fun fact: She made her acting debut in Trier’s Oslo, August 31st with the single line, “Let’s go to the party.” A Different Man will mark the actor’s first English-language feature film.
Pearson previously worked with Schimberg in his feature Chained For Life, which follows an actor who struggles to connect with her disfigured co-star. He made his film debut in 2013 in the Scarlett Johansson-led feature Under The Skin. Pearson’s appeared in numerous documentaries as himself, where he discusses disability and his experience living with neurofibromatosis.
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Wow… that is aggressively unfunny, and you seem like a massive piece of shit human being! Go f*ck yourself!
Elon Musk is way, way uglier inside and out.
Delete this cheap, petty ableist post.
This is so nice to make fun of someone with a disability
Musk isn’t disabled tho. 😏
Damn, you must be a real asshole.
I was curious about the sort of person who would take the time to post that, so I scrolled through their other comments. Every single one of them is a punchline. They come across like a wannabe stand-up comic at open mic night, desperately reaching for a laugh.
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Genuinely shocked it wasn’t him.
lmao
All the bitterness and hate comes spilling out.
a wannabe stand-up comic at open mic night, desperately reaching for a laugh. —The AV Club
Harsh
Pushing boundaries, etc.
So in other words, they’re auditioning for a writing job here since they figure standards have slipped enough to give it a shot.
Ngl until I googled him just now (I had never heard of this person before) I thought that was special fx make-up. I thought you guys replying were either being super oversensitive or in on the joke and pretending to get upset.
Yes.
Don’t be a cunt, mate.
How the fuck did this comment get past “pending”?
I’m afraid that the criticism of this post is missing the mark and you’ll take the wrong lesson. Its important you know how unfunny it is. Not because it’s politically incorrect or too edgy. It’s just not funny or clever. First off the purple tie and suit detail adds nothing. It’s just extra words that’s trying to explain the joke halfwaythrough instead of making a joke. Second, California Raisin? Do you know how old that reference is. And why would Elon Musk pretend to be one? Crossed with a raisin. Cosplay as a raisin, maybe. It’s impossible to make your premise funny, but still. The joke shouldn’t lead to questions. You’ve made a simple A to B joke with no interesting turn of phrase or twist, so it better be short and clear. So, for the sake of coworkers or poor grocery store baggers you try to be funny in front of, don’t.
It’s supposed to be pretending its one of those AI generated meme images everyone’s doing, that’s why he included the tie details and all that
No it’s unfunny because it’s making fun of disabled people
I’m not sure somebody whose user name is a reference to The Simpsons’ “Treehouse of Horror II” from 1991 (itself a reference to Jerome Bixby’s short story “It’s A Good Life” from 1953 and the Twilight Zone episode based on it from 1961) is really in a position to complain about people using dated cultural references.
Hey fuck you
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Go fuck yourself you uncompassionate sociopath.
How on earth does this make it out of the pending phase? Meanwhile ZERO of mine do.
What does it say about you that you needed to be a bully toward this man?
Figures the little coward dismissed my reply to his totally unwarranted attack on my character. Now I gotta go all Laserface on him…this hurts you more than it does me.
So down for this, three terrific actors. Really need to get round to Chained For Life…
I did not know when I posted that it was a person with a real condition. I thought it was makeup from and for the movie. I can’t delete the other comment.
“I did not know when I posted that it was a person with a real condition. I thought it was makeup from and for the movie.” Same
Fair enough, I thought it was one of those Shia Lebouf weird actor quirky things till I saw it was a real thing.
We all make mistakes, and Kinja notoriously sucks. That said, try a little thing called Google next time. It takes shockingly little research to learn that a post like that makes you look like a douchebag.
when it comes to anonymous posts on kinja it’s definitely better to ask for forgiveness than permission. Googling every joke you make? strange idea
I mean it literally says the guy’s disabled in the article
hhahaha as if these people READ the articles before they comment or joke on them
Taking 10 seconds to skim the post you’re replying to and see the numerous references that would tip you off to the fact that that’s a real person with a real condition? Strange idea.
“try a little thing called Google next time” -you
Same. Now, I’m the asshole. LOL!
Renate Reinsve? Yes, please.
although (as noted) she’s barely in it, Oslo, August 31 is an excellent film
I wonder if this is a way of telling the story of a ‘cancelled’ person? When you think about it, people like Louis CK and Kevin Spacey must be living a very strange life. Probably within a hostile public, but with that hostility sheltered by wealth. But no one is going to interview them because it could lead to a comeback, so we all turn the other way. You can only explore what it must be like safely is through a fictional person, so maybe that’s the idea here.