Colman Domingo is reportedly joining Gus Van Sant’s forthcoming thriller, Dead Man’s Wire. Flying down to Kentucky earlier this week for production, he will join a cast that includes Bill Skarsgard and Dacre Montgomery.
Gus Van Sant’s new movie is inspired by the true story of Anthony George Kiritsis, an Indianapolis native who held his mortgage broker hostage at gunpoint for nearly three days after he was denied an extension on his payments for a piece of real estate. Ultimately, he was not found guilty after it was determined that he had gone insane.
Domingo will play the role of a radio broadcaster speaking to Kiritsis during the entire ordeal. As he explains, Domingo’s character will “sort of guide him not to kill people.”
“This guy was just in dire straits, holding people hostage and speaking to a radio announcer,” Domingo said.
“That’s the only person he felt like he could communicate with. He’d listened to him every day and I sort of guide him not to kill people.”
Domingo finds himself in one of the busiest points of his career. He recently wrapped up Edgar Wright’s The Running Man, a dystopian thriller inspired by a Stephen King novel of the same name. Now, he’s on the verge of an Academy Award nomination for his role in Sing Sing and working on Dead Man’s Wire. Next, he’ll reconnect with Zendaya and Sam Levinson for the final season of Euphoria.
