Simon Rex books a ticket to Pussy Island
The Red Rocket star joins the Zoë Kravitz feature alongside Naomi Ackie and Channing Tatum
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Simon Rex is the next passenger aboard the plane to Pussy Island, as he joins the cast made up of Channing Tatum and Naomi Ackie. The thriller, which marks Zoë Kravitz’s directorial debut, follows one woman as she tries to land the man of her dreams.
The film’s official description reads: “Frida (Ackie), a young and clever Los Angeles cocktail waitress who has her eyes set on the prize: philanthropist and tech mogul Slater King (Tatum). When she skillfully maneuvers her way into King’s inner circle and ultimately an intimate gathering on his private island, she is ready for a journey of a lifetime. Despite the epic setting, beautiful people, ever-flowing champagne and late-night dance parties, Frida can sense that there’s more to this island than meets the eye. Something she can’t quite put her finger on. Something terrifying.”
Per Deadline, Rex joins the cast as Slater’s chef, trainer, and oldest friend Cody. Kravitz wrote the film with E.T. Feigenbaum, who previously wrote an episode of Hulu’s High Fidelity.
Rex did a hard reboot on his career with Sean Baker’s Red Rocket, in which he stars as a washed-up porn star named Mikey Saber, who lands back in his Gulf coastal hometown much to everyone’s chagrin. For his performance, Rex earned the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead, as well as a Gotham Award nomination. In his early career (after working as an actual porn star), Rex worked as an MTV VJ, and was known for his role in Scary Movie 3.
Following Red Rocket’s success, Rex has signed onto a number of eye-catching new projects, including the murder mystery film Providence, with Uzo Aduba, Lily James, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Jim Gaffigan. He’s also been added to the cast of National Anthem alongside Sydney Sweeney and Halsey. Additionally, Rex will soon appear in Rightor Doyle’s comedy Down Low, with Lukas Gage, Judith Light, and Zachary Quinto.
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I, on the other hand, will be taking the skin boat to tuna town.
“Snatch Inlet” wasn’t testing well.
i cant believe theyre calling it “pussy island”. Other than the title it seems like a serious movie.
Apropos of nothing:
Gob: How do we filter out the teases? We don’t let them in. This goes for the guys too because sometimes the guys are tapped out. But check your lease, man, because you’re livin’ in Fuck City.
Stan Sitwell: You’re fired.
Fuck Mountain was funnier.
I’m pulling for Rex to rack up five Oscar nominations and three wins in the next decade or so. Why the hell not?
Left out an entire rap career from that bio of Rex lol. He was called Dirt Nasty and had one minor hit that I know of, a song about doing coke called “1980″
This movie is called what now? The MTV guy did porn? I was not prepared for these revelations. Looks like he just did some jack off videos according to IAFD.
gotta respect a dude who sees and opening and then just works non-stop as much as he can. see also: lil rel howery.
I was certain that you were making a porn joke until the words ‘see also: lil rel howery’
I have no investment in what this movie is actually about but I DO want it to have a wide enough release that normal theaters have to put the title on their marquees.
I’m foreseeing a lot of P**** Island
It’ll be fine, it’s actually a penisula
I don’t think he was a porn STAR. He did a few videos, I believe. I had a friend do the same thing back in the day and he most definitely does not call himself a porn star, but then again, it’s just words.Anyway. I liked Red Rocket a lot. I don’t have a ton of faith in Zoe Kravitz’s film-related abilities—she’s never done anything to wow. Buuut…Channing Tatum is one of my secret bro-celebrity crushes and I think he happens to be very funny. Summarily I am undecided about whether or not to look forward to this.
Ah yes, the most dangerous game: Pussy.
Frida can sense that there’s more to this island than meets the eye. Something she can’t quite put her finger on. Something terrifying.They hunt people for sport. I bet they hunt people for sport. Do they hunt people for sport?