Lily James has joined the solid of Subversion.
The 36-year-old actress will star alongside Chris Hemsworth within the thriller that has been described as “Die Laborious on a submarine”.
The story centres on a once-promising naval commander (Hemsworth) who’s blackmailed by a cartel-like organisation into piloting a harmful submarine carrying unlawful items throughout worldwide waters.
He’s thrust right into a high-stakes sport of cat and mouse with a Coast Guard officer (James) in pursuit and should get previous blockades and survive perilous threats from each inside and outdoors the submarine.
The movie is being directed by Patrick Vollrath for Amazon MGM and is being produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura for di Bonaventura Footage alongside Stephen Shafer and Greg Cohen.
Manufacturing will get underway in September in Australia.
Lily just lately revealed that she desires to tackle “unlikely roles”.
She options within the new film Relay with Riz Ahmed and Sam Worthington and took the half as a result of she is keen to problem herself professionally.
Lily informed The Hollywood Reporter: “Actually, I used to be so excited to work with [director] David Mackenzie and Riz that I nearly would’ve performed any outdated factor that they put in entrance of me.
“That being stated, you like to seek out work that’s stunning and characters that take you in a path you didn’t anticipate. And notably at this level in my profession, I wish to maintain pushing myself to play unlikely roles, roles that shock me, and have one thing to get my tooth into. In order that [unconventionality] was positively what was very interesting about this position and story.”
The Downton Abbey star recalled how she was impressed by the script for Relay and hopes that audiences are equally shocked by the thriller’s plot.
Lily stated: “Relay felt like this actually gripping, darkish thriller that exposes the world of whistleblowers and the thought of this higher management and all the time being watched. It felt actually stunning, and I used to be thrilled to get to work with such a singular filmmaker in David Mackenzie. His motion pictures really feel so cinematic and grounded and daring and unique.”
The actress defined how she managed to develop sturdy chemistry with Riz, even if the pair barely filmed collectively.
She stated: “Riz can also be one of the vital thrilling actors on the market, particularly if you see what he’s in a position to convey with no dialogue within the first 20 minutes of the film.
“The connection we have been in a position to construct regardless of our characters very hardly ever being in the identical room collectively was an actual problem. And after I watched the film for the primary time at TIFF on the large display, I used to be like, ‘Wow, it’s unimaginable that there’s this nice electrical energy between these two characters after they barely meet.’ So it was fairly a sleight of hand that David pulled that off by way of filmmaking.”