In a recent interview with The Lodger's writer/director David Ondaatje, IONCINEMA.com learned that actors Shane West and Simon Baker are among those who have joined the production currently filming in Los Angeles. Split between two narratives, the two actors are taking on important supporting roles.
West (The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen) will be featured in the storyline involving a detective named Chandler Manning who is engaged in a complex cat-and-mouse game with a maniacal killer who begins emulating the 100-year old murders of Jack The Ripper along Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood. Alfred Molina plays Manning and West is playing the role of Manning's rookie partner, Street Wilkenson.
Baker (The Devil Wears Prada) will be joining the storyline that features Hope Davis. She plays Ellen Bunting and a handsome stranger, Malcolm Sleight (Baker), who appears one day and rents her guesthouse in West Hollywood.
Also coming on board is Paul Thomas Anderson-regular Philip Baker Hall (who plays Captain Smith), David Mamet-alumni Rebecca Pidgeon (she plays Dr. Jessica Westmin), indie actress Rachael Leigh Cook and television's Mel Harris.
Michael Mailer is producing and Sony's Stage 6 Films distributes.
