Emily Mortimer, Tim Allen, Ricky Jay, David Paymer, Rebecca Pidgeon, Alice Braga, Joe Mantegna, Rodrigo Santoro and Jose Pablo Cantillo have all joined the cast of David Mamet's Redbelt. Yep - that Tim Allen. Good move, Tim.
Is anybody even the slightest bit surprised to see Jay, Pidgeon and Mantegna on the list?
A number of real fighters are also to appear: Randy Couture, John Machado, Danny Inosanto, Enson Inoue and Ray Mancini.
Variety have spliied the beans regarding David Mamet's Redbelt, and it sounds delicious. Here's the summary as they posted it:
Redbelt stars Chiwetel Ejiofor as a Jiu-Jitsu master who has eschewed prizefighting to operate a self-defense studio. When he is conned by a cabal of movie stars and fight promoters, he must enter the ring to fight in order to regain his honor.
David Mamet and 'conned by a cabal of movie stars' go together like cussing peas and tautly plotted carrots.
Variety assume Ricky Jay and Rebecca Pidgeon will be in the cast somehwere. Don't we all.
