00:00Taryn Edgerton is joining Charlize Theron in the thriller Apex.
00:04Details are being kept under wraps, but the script centers on a rock climber and adrenaline junkie
00:09played by Theron, who finds out that nature isn't the only dangerous element out to get her when
00:14she sets out on an expedition in the wild. Edgerton will play the psychopath stalking Theron.
00:19Jeremy Robbins wrote the script, which Netflix picked up as a spec project,
00:23before bringing on board Theron, who is also among the film's producers.
00:27Edgerton broke out on the big screen in The Kingsman, The Secret Service.
00:30He earned praise for portraying singer Sir Elton John in Rocketman,
00:33garnering a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy.
00:37I could hear the whole tune in my head. It was all there. I could see all the notes,
00:40and I just had to get it out.
00:41He recently wrapped production on Firebug, an Apple TV Plus series on which he also produces,
00:46and will next be seen opposite Jason Bateman in Carry On,
00:49a thriller that it's Netflix December 13th.
00:52Ethan, today is a day that you're going to remember for a very long time,
00:56but if you handle it great, you're going to have a chance to forget it.
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