Young thespian Ezra Miller has joined the cast of Lynne Ramsay’s “We Need To Talk About Kevin,” which is set to begin lensing this week in Connecticut.
Miller joins the the previously announced Tilda Swinton and John C. Reilly and will play the titular Kevin in the adaptation of Lionel Shriver’s psychological thriller, adapted for the screen by Ramsay herself and Rory Kinnear. The film centers on Kevin’s mother, Eva, as she deals with the immense grief and anguish after her son goes on a high-school killing spree. Her attempts to deal with the pain and feelings of responsibility for her child’s actions lead her to write to her estranged husband.
The casting of Miller likely comes off the back of his performance in Antonio Campos’ Haneke-esque 2008 effort “Afterschool” in which he portrayed with distinction a creepy, high school student who spends most of his life watching videos on the internet.
With the film commences shooting this week, the first set pictures have already hit the internet revealing a darker hair-do from Swinton for the film. The picture will be Ramsay’s first in eight, since her last film 2002’s “Morvern Callar.” Between that lengthy stretch she attempted an adaptation of Alice Sebold’s “The Lovely Bones,” only to be dumped in favor of a probably, in hindsight, much weaker effort by Peter Jackson.
Interestingly, Steven Soderbergh is also an executive producer on the project along side BBC Film’s Christine Langan and Paula Jalfon with Jennifer Fox (“Michael Clayton”) on board as well. The film featured on our list of Most Anticipated Films for 2010 though it will need to be working overtime to make it by year’s end.