The cast for Nicolas Winding Refn’s Hollywood debut, “Drive,” just keeps getting better and better. Already starring Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston and Albert Brooks as the villain (seriously), the cast now adds one more with Oscar Isaac joining the film in a currently unspecified role.
“Drive” centers on a nameless Hollywood stuntman (Gosling) who moonlights as a freelance getaway driver during robberies. When a bank heist goes wrong, he ends up on the run with a contract on his head and an ex-con’s girlfriend in his car. Mulligan will play said girlfriend with Brooks playing Bernie Rose, a New York mobster, while Cranston is likely playing Gosling’s mentor. No word yet on what role Isaac will fill out.
Isaac may not be as well known as the other names in the cast, but you would probably recognize his face if you watched “Robin Hood” earlier this summer. “Drive” starts shooting later this month in Los Angeles.