Alan Arkin, Kathy Bates, Teyana Taylor Join Casey Affleck in Heist Thriller ‘The Smack’ | THR News - video Dailymotion

Oscar winners Alan Arkin and Kathy Bates, as well as Teyana Taylor have joined Casey Affleck in indie heist thriller 'The Smack'.

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00:00We now know a few more stars who are joining Casey Affleck in the indie heist thriller The

00:04Smack. The Hollywood Reporter can exclusively reveal that Oscar winners Alan Arkin and Kathy

00:09Bates have signed on to the project, as has Tiana Taylor. They join a growing cast that already

00:14includes Marissa Tomei, among other actors. David M. Rosenthal is directing the feature that starts

00:20shooting in LA later this fall. The Smack sees Affleck play a con man who has hit rock bottom

00:25when he meets an upstart hustler to be played by Taylor. After a tip from a wise con played

00:29by Arkin, the two of them head to LA to pull off the biggest scam of their lives, but they learn

00:34they aren't the only ones looking for the money, as are other scammers, including the con man's

00:39ambitious ex played by Tomei. As the con unfolds, the man can't figure out if he is actually falling

00:44in love with the woman or if he's being set up for the ultimate grift. Arkin is the veteran actor who

00:49won a Best Supporting Oscar for his performance in Little Miss Sunshine and was nominated in the

00:54same category for Argo, among three other times. He recently starred opposite Michael Douglas in

00:59The Kaminsky Method. Bates won her Oscar for her performance in 1990's Stephen King adaptation

01:04Misery and most recently nabbed a nomination in 2020 for Richard Jewell. She next appears in

01:10Are You There God, It's Me, Margaret, which is due out in 2023. Singer-turned-actress Taylor appeared

01:15in Coming to America and is currently shooting a remake of White Men Can't Jump. For more on this

01:20story, go to THR.com. This is The Hollywood Reporter News.