In any other film besides Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds, actress Diane Kruger’s performance would have shined through and gotten her a great deal of attention in the public eye. Instead, the film is filled to the brim with great performances, and Kruger’s role as Bridget Von Hammersmark may get overlooked next to Brad Pitt’s Aldo Raine or Christoph Waltz’s Hans Landa.
Now, Kruger will be joining The Boat That Rocked (aka Pirate Radio) and Mad Men star January Jones in Dark Castle’s production of Unknown White Male.
According to Variety, the film centers around “a man (to be played by Liam Neeson) who awakens from a coma to find that someone else has assumed his identity, and no one, including his wife, believes him. With the help of a young woman, he sets out to prove who he is.” Jones is the wife in question; Kruger will be playing his new ally.
I loved Kruger in Inglourious Basterds, and it’s good to see that she’ll have a front and center role in this upcoming production. The script has been handled by Oliver Butcher and Stephen Cromwell, and directorial duties will be handed to Orphan’s Jaume Collet-Serra.
Filming starts this coming January in Berlin, Germany.
