The Equalizer 2
Bill Pullman and Melissa Leo have been supply to the cast ofThe Equalizer 2 , to repeat their persona from the firstEqualizermovie .
InThe Equalizer , a 2014 action / thriller directed by Anthony Fuqua , Denzel Washington starred as Robert " Bob " McCall , a man with a mysterious dark past work at a hardware store . When the life of a young prostitute is threaten by Russian gangster , McCall take it upon himself to save her using his experience as a CIA black ops operative . Though the film does n’t shed much light on McCall ’s past , spectator do get to see the grapheme interact with two of his former associates in the CIA , Susan and Brian Plummer ( played by Leo and Pullman , severally ) .
Deadlineis confirming that both Leo and Pullman will return as the Plummers to co - mavin alongside Washington in the nextEqualizermovie . Pullman is also known for starring in bothIndependence Dayand its sequelIndependence 24-hour interval : Resurgence , as well as for his persona in other ' ninety and ' 80s films likeCasperandSpaceballs . Pullman is currently seem in the USA miniseriesThe Sinner , starring Jessica Biel . Meanwhile , Leo has seem in scores of flick over the years , includingSnowden , PrisonersandOlympus Has Fallen(which was also directed by Fuqua ) , but is perhaps well make out for her honour - winning performance in the filmsFrozen RiverandThe Fighter .
As it were , Leo appear in a 1985 episode ofThe Equalizer , the TV series that the 2014 motion picture was loosely based on . In the third episode of the serial publication , " The Defector " , Leo play the daughter of a murdered Soviet factor . McCall ( then play by Edward Woodward ) had to protect Leo ’s character reference from the KGB .
In the expectant screen version , Leo and Pullman play the Plummers , a matrimonial couple who figure out in the CIA with McCall . During that time , Susan was McCall ’s handler . The Plummers have since retire to live a quiet life in Viriginia where they are visited by McCall , who they had been differentiate was dead . In the firstEqualizerfilm , they help him gather intelligence on his enemies and warned him of the dangers of taking on the Russian Mafia .
It ’s possible that the Plummers will play a similiar theatrical role in McCall ’s latest struggle , or their casting could be an meter reading of a more personal plot line planned forThe Equalizer 2 . The game of the upcoming movie could involve McCall having to face his past , and/or perhaps an enemy from his past .
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