First Man
Jon Bernthal is set to puzzle out with Oscar - win director Damien Chazelle onFirst Man , play one of the few men to coif foot on the moon . Since his time onThe walk Dead , Bernthal has continued to stay in use . Most late , he ’s found a lot of success playing Frank Castle aka The Punisher for Marvel and Netflix , with his solo spinoffThe Punisherdebuting afterward this year . At the same time , though , Bernthal has continued to build his motion-picture show résumé .
In year past , Bernthal has worked with Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio onThe Wolf of Wall Street , David Ayer and Brad Pitt onFury , Denis Villeneuve and Emily Blunt onSicario , and Gavin O’Connor and Ben Affleck onThe Accountant . This year alone , he ’s teamed with Edgar Wright onBaby Driverand Taylor Sheridan forWind River , and next up will be Chazelle .
Tracking - Boardis reporting that Bernthal has joined the cast ofFirst Man , Chazelle ’s next directorial sweat . He is do to act as West Point and MIT graduate and former Air Force Colonel Dave Scott . He was a crew extremity of Apollo 9 in 1969 , but last get to walk on the lunation a few years later with Apollo 15 .
The addition of Bernthal give Chazelle a very telling cast forFirst Man . Ryan Goslingis set to dally the lead role of Neil Armstrong , while the like ofCorey Stoll , Kyle Chandler , Jason Clarke , and Shea Whigham join Bernthal in filling out the astronaut crew . They will also be joined byThe Crownbreakout hotshot Claire Foy , who will be playing Armstrong ’s wife . With perhaps his most gifted cast to engagement , Chazelle has everything he needs to deliver another smasher .
As for Bernthal , joiningFirst Mancontinues to put him in prestigious projects where he can make a lasting opinion in ( potentially ) little screen meter . He will go on to be known as Punisher propel forward - assuming the solo series is as bounteous of a hitting as his performance was inDaredevilseason 2 - but fill smaller office like these should pay off again . They not only keep his name and face in the public conscious , but also keeps him associated with acclaimed films that are worth checking out .
Since this is an Armstrong biopic , the filming consignment could be rather minimal for Bernthal and give him further flexibility to do other small function , while also leaving his schedule for the most part open for more of The Punisher . At the very least , he come to once again work with establish and gifted directors and actors .
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Source : Tracking - Board
