Levon Hawke (“Blink Twice,” “The Crowded Room”) will star opposite Academy Award winner Anthony Hopkins (“The Father”) in the drama “Twenty-Seven.”
\n\nIn the film, written and directed by Gregory Caruso, Hawke portrays a 27-year-old aspiring screenwriter attempting to manage his relationships and his OCD while struggling to break into the film industry. Hopkins plays his friend and mentor, an 80-year-old television actor-turned-theater professor, who is also fighting Parkinson’s disease.
\n\n“I wrote this character hoping someone like Anthony Hopkins would play him. I never imagined it would actually be Anthony Hopkins,” said Caruso. “He brings a mastery to the role I still can’t fully describe, and Levon meets him in every scene with real vulnerability and intelligence. At its heart, ‘Twenty-Seven’ is about the uncertainty of growing up, feeling stuck between where you are and where you want to be, and the people who help you find your way.”
\n\n“Twenty-Seven,” from Caruso’s Bristol Pictures, is currently in production in Los Angeles. David Worthen Brooks (“Misty Green,” “Appendage”) will produce alongside Dustin Cook (“Flock of Four,” “The Frontier”).
\n\nCaruso’s crew includes director of photography Matthew Pothier (“Mutt”), production designer Emma Rose Mead (“To Leslie”), costume designer Jenny Eagan (“Knives Out”), hair and…
Original source: https://variety.com/