Netflix is on fire with their recent casting announcements!
On Thursday (June 24), they announced the ensemble cast for their upcoming dark comedy film, Strangers. The star-studded cast includes: Camila Mendes, Maya Hawke, Sophie Turner, Alisha Boe, Austin Abrams, Talia Ryder, Paris Berelc, Rish Shah, Jonathan Daviss, Maia Reficco, and Ava Capri. What a lineup!
According to Variety, the story revolves around two girls named Drea (Mendes) and Eleanor (Hawke) who come together in a chance meeting to go after one another’s bullies. The film will be directed by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, who also co-wrote the script with Celeste Ballard. It is illustrated as a “Hitchcockian dark comedy featuring the scariest protagonists of them all: teenage girls.”
Some of the stars took to Instagram to react to the exciting news! Most of them posted a screenshot of the announcement with different captions. Boe captioned her post, “Look at all these beautiful people!! V grateful to be working with everyone in this cast and to be led by the one n only revenge mommy @jennkaytin ❤️✨🤯”
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In a simple statement, Berelc said, “we’re doing a cool thing @jennkaytin.”
A happy Reficco said, “leeet’s goooooo @jennkaytin @netflix ❤️ couldn’t be happier ❤️@oliviaownsit @ntlmoran @kevhlin @morzcode ❤️”
Daviss excitedly said, “So psyched to be apart of this amazing cast @netflix.”
Capri graciously captioned hers, “In ridiculously good company on this one. Thank you revenge mommy ( @jennkaytin ) for giving birth to all my revenge siblings and I, hope we can make you proud.”
Shah called the cast, “Revengers,” in his post.
There has been no official statement on when production starts, but it is safe to assume that it is soon as Mendes recently posted a video of her taking tennis lessons for her role.
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