Metallica frontman James Hetfield performs a sheriff within the upcoming western movie The Thicket, and a primary have a look at his persona used to be shared on-line in overdue June.
The film, directed by means of Elliott Lester, is in accordance with the 2013 thriller novel of the similar title by means of Joe R. Lansdale. Hetfield is a part of the star-studded solid, which additionally options Peter Dinklage (Recreation of Thrones), Juliette Lewis (Yellowjackets), comic Andrew Schulz and a few others.
After we first reported on Hetfield’s casting within the movie in March of 2023, his position used to be unspecified. And whilst we nonetheless do not have a reputation for his persona, the primary glance, shared by means of Tubi in overdue June, suggests that he is some type of sheriff.
Humorous sufficient, he additionally performed a Utah police officer named Bob Hayward within the 2019 Ted Bundy movie Extraordinarily Depraved, Shockingly Evil and Vile, which starred Zac Efron. The Thicket turns out to be the second one movie Hetfield seems in the place he does not play himself.
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Consistent with a synopsis on GoodReads, The Thicket takes position in Texas within the early 1900s, when smallpox used to be as giant of a priority as being robbed by means of gunslinging bandits. The plot is ready a guy named Jack Parker, who units out to rescue his sister Lula, who used to be abducted by means of stated bandits.
See the primary have a look at Hetfield in The Thicket under. The film is ready to return out in U.S theaters in early September. IMDb notes that it is rated R.
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