Italian actor Michele Morrone (365 Days) has been tapped to join cast for Lionsgate‘ forthcoming film adaptation of Freida McFadden’s bestselling thriller novel of the same name. Morrone is set portray the role of Enzo. His casting comes after It Ends With Us star Brandon Sklenar had just recently joined the cast to play Nina’s husband Andrew.
Morrone gained recognition for his role as Don Massimo Torricelli in Netflix’s erotic thriller movie 365 Days. He most recently starred opposite Megan Fox in the sci-fi thriller Subservience. Besides The Housemaid, Morrone will also next be seen in the sequel to the A Simple Favor movie, which will see the return of Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick.
The Housemaid will be led by Euphoria’s Sydney Sweeney and Oscar nominee Amanda Seyfried, the latter in the respective roles of Millie and Nina. The story will center around a young woman who becomes a housemaid to a wealthy couple in hopes of starting a new chapter in her life. However, she’ll soon realized that there’s seemingly something strange about her bosses than meets the eye.
The film will be directed by A Simple Favor director Paul Feig from a screenplay written by Rebecca Sonnenshine. In addition to leading the cast, Sweeney and Seyfried are also executive producing alongside McFadded and Alex Young. It is produced by Feig, Todd Lieberman, and Laura Fischer. Chelsea Kujawa and Erin Jones-Wesley have been set to oversee the project in behalf of Lionsgate.
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