Breaking Dawn Star Joins Paul Thomas Anderson's Scientology Film
It has been an eventful casting week for Paul Thomas Anderson's untitled religious drama. First, Friday Night Lights star Jesse Plemons joined the project as Philip Seymour Hoffman's onscreen son. Then Amy Adams was cast as the wife of Hoffman's pseudo-Scientological religious leader. And today, Variety reports that Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part II actor Rami Malek has been tapped to play Hoffman's onscreen son-in-law. Congratulations to all members of P.T. Anderson's latest onscreen family. [Variety]
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Julie, Anderson's film is based on Pynchon's fictional novel "Inherent Vice", not Scientology. Pynchon himself said it was inspired by Christian Mega Churches. Weinstein wouldn't touch it with a 10-foot pole if it was about Scientology or even the Catholic church. It's too much of a legal minefield.
Next time you go to a movie, read the disclaimer at the end of the credits. It's there for a reason.
Inherent Vice is Anderson's NEXT project following this one. Pynchon has nothing to do with this. It's based on an original script Anderson wrote about a guy who creates a religion that (allegedly) bears a striking resemblance to the tenets of Scientology.