‘The Trainer’: Soo Joo Park, Brock O’Hurn, Bella Thorne, Laird Hamilton & Duke Nicholson Board Dark Comedy From Director Tony Kaye
07.04.2022 - 19:25
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EXCLUSIVE: Soo Joo Park (Sense8), Brock O’Hurn (The Righteous Gemstones), Bella Thorne (Measure of Revenge), Laird Hamilton (Point Break) and Duke Nicholson (Us) are the latest additions to the cast of the dark comedy The Trainer, which Tony Kaye (American History X) is directing from a script by star Vito Schnabel and Jeff Solomon.
The film currently in production, after nearly a decade in development, is based on an original story by Schnabel. Unfolding over eight days of sleep-deprived chaos, it follows Jack (Schnabel), a down-on-his-luck fitness expert living with his mother in Los Angeles, who takes a maniacal swing at fame and fortune, trying to realize his version of the American dream. Julia Fox, Steven Van Zandt, Taylour Paige, Stephen Dorff, John McEnroe, Gina Gershon and Luka Sabbat are also set to star. Details with regard to the characters the newest additions to the cast will be playing are being kept under wraps.
The Trainer is being produced by Schnabel, Kaye and Jeremy Steckler (The Old Man and the Gun, Only the Brave), with George Paaswell (Night House, Jack Goes Boating) serving as exec producer.
Park is an actor, model and DJ who has previously appeared on the Netflix sci-fi series Sense8, and in assorted short films by directors including Sean Baker.
O’Hurn plays God Squad member Torsten on HBO’s comedy series The Righteous Gemstones, and has also recently appeared on the premium cabler’s hit series Euphoria. His film credits include Taylor Chien’s horror film The Resort, Tyler Perry’s Boo! A Madea Halloween and its sequel, Boo 2! A Madea Halloween. He’ll next appear alongside Tom Ellis, Gina Rodriguez, Damon Wayans Jr. and more in Trish Sie’s romantic comedy, Players.
Thorne is an actor, writer, director