Charlotte Gainsbourg Goes From ‘Nymphomaniac’ To ‘Independence Day 2’
Independence Day 2has added an unlikely source of star power. French actressCharlotte Gainsbourgis boarding theRoland Emmerich-directed sequel, joiningJeff Goldblum,Liam Hemsworth, andJessie Usher.
A big-budget sci-fi adventure is an unusual move for Gainsbourg, recently best known for being Lars von Trier’s muse. But maybe those von Trier movies are actually the perfect preparation forIndependence Day 2. After the crap she’s been through inAntichrist,Melancholia, andNymphomaniac, killer aliens should be a piece of cake.
THRreported the news. Emmerich andDean Devlinwrote early drafts of theIndependence Day 2script, followed by rewrites fromJames VanderbiltandCarter Blanchard. Last we heard, the sequel was set about two decades after the 1996 original, pitting a new generation of fighters against the next wave of invading aliens.
As previously reported, Usher will play Dylan Dubrow, the stepson ofWill Smith’s character Steven Hiller. Ross Bagley played Dubrow in he earlier film. Smith himself will not return.
Hemsworth is rumored but not confirmed to portray the son-in-law of President Whitmore, played byBill Pullmanin the original. Pullman is expected to reprise his role and has expressed his interest in the project before, but he hasn’t yet been confirmed.
There are few details on Gainsbourg’s role right now. I do wonder if it’ll be like the time Juliette Binoche signed up forGodzilla. Her name added some prestige to the project, but she wound up with just a few minutes of screentime.
Aside from her work with von Trier, Gainsbourg’s credits include Todd Haynes’I’m Not There, Michel Gondry’sThe Science of Sleep, and Alejandro González Iñárritu’s21 Grams. Next up for her isOppenheimer Strategies, a drama starring Dan Stevens, Richard Gere and Michael Sheen.
Independence Day 2is scheduled to openJune 26, 2016, almost exactly 20 years after the first film hit theaters.
