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Roofman Movie Featurette - Casting

US Release Date: October 10, 2025
Starring: Channing Tatum, Kirsten Dunst, Ben Mendelsohn, Peter Dinklage, Uzo Aduba
Director : Derek Cianfrance
Synopsis: Based on an unbelievable true story, Roofman follows Jeffrey Manchester (Channing Tatum), an Army veteran and struggling father who turns to robbing McDonald's restaurants by cutting holes in their roofs, earning him the nickname: Roofman. After escaping prison, he secretly lives inside a Toys "R" Us for six months, surviving undetected while planning his next move. But when he falls for Leigh (Kirsten Dunst), a divorced mom drawn to his undeniable charm, his double life begins to unravel, setting off a compelling and suspenseful game of cat and mouse as his past closes in.
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00:00Hollywood casting can be very straight.
00:02Roof Man is based on a true story,
00:04so I wanted the Isle of Misfit Toys.
00:06Is that what we are?
00:07Yeah.
00:08Yes.
00:09Casting's like making a mixtape.
00:11You get to put all your favorite songs,
00:12and everyone in this movie are like my favorite actors.
00:15I read it thinking, wow, Chan is going to crush this role.
00:19I was so scared to act with you.
00:20Come on.
00:21I was terrified.
00:22Well, you had a hard first scene coming in to all these women.
00:25I thought this was a singles brunch, not a supermodel brunch.
00:29Kirsten plays Lee.
00:31Lee is a single mother.
00:32She's got a little bit of a feisty southern lady in her.
00:35She was the North Star to the entire movie.
00:38One of the reasons that I wanted to work with both of you
00:41is that it was clear that the most important thing to Jeff
00:44was family.
00:45I know that that's also true for both of you,
00:47and there's not a way to fake that.
00:49Peter and I, I don't know why we had a deep connection
00:51immediately.
00:52I love him.
00:53Juno came in for like literally a day.
00:54I had been wanting to work with Juno for so long.
00:57She's so good.
00:58Lakeith has this quiet, innate thing.
01:00I just wanted to impress him.
01:02It's like the perfect dynamic, and it shows.
01:04You've got to leave tomorrow.
01:05Can I just say, oh, how?
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