Lily James has joined the cast of Subversion.
Lily James is to star with Chris Hemsworth in Subversion
The 36-year-old actress will star alongside Chris Hemsworth in the thriller that has been described as “Die Hard on a submarine”.
The story centres on a once-promising naval commander (Hemsworth) who is blackmailed by a cartel-like organisation into piloting a dangerous submarine carrying illegal goods across international waters.
He is thrust into a high-stakes game of cat and mouse with a Coast Guard officer (James) in pursuit and must get past blockades and survive perilous threats from both inside and outside the submarine.
The film is being directed by Patrick Vollrath for Amazon MGM and is being produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura for di Bonaventura Pictures alongside Stephen Shafer and Greg Cohen.
Production gets underway in September in Australia.
Lily recently revealed that she wants to take on “unlikely roles”.
She features in the new movie Relay with Riz Ahmed and Sam Worthington and took the part because she is eager to challenge herself professionally.
Lily told The Hollywood Reporter: “Honestly, I was so excited to work with [director] David Mackenzie and Riz that I almost would’ve done any old thing that they put in front of me.
“That being said, you love to find work that’s surprising and characters that take you in a direction you didn’t anticipate. And particularly at this point in my career,…
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