Eli Roth's upcoming holiday-themed slasher feature Thanksgiving casts a massively popular TikTok influencer to star opposite Patrick Dempsey.
Eli Roth's upcoming slasher Thanksgiving has cast a huge TikTok star as the female lead. The film is a feature-length expansion of the parody trailer he created as part of the 2007 retro-themed Grindhouse double feature. While plot details have yet to be confirmed, it will be a holiday-themed slasher in the vein of Silent Night, Deadly Night, or My Bloody Valentine.
Per Deadline, Addison Rae joined the Thanksgiving cast in a lead role opposite Patrick Dempsey. As of August 2020, Rae was ranked as the world's highest-earning TikTok influencer, and she is also the fourth most-followed on the platform at the time of writing, with over 88 million followers. This would be her second live-action film after Netflix's gender-bent remake He's All That, which premiered in 2021.
While Roth casting such an untested actress might seem unusual, it makes sense that the Hostel and Hostel: Part II director would give a role to a major influencer. In addition to her proven ability to draw eyes to a film, he has a history of working with influencers in various capacities. This largely occurred through his company Crypt TV, which he co-founded with Jack Davis.
Crypt TV focused on creating unique and terrifying short-form horror for the Snapchat generation, introducing new characters like Birch and the Look-See to the genre canon. Given that they largely premiere content on YouTube and Facebook Watch, their casts tend to include influencers and other figures meant to appeal to young audiences, including Vine star Wesley Armstrong.
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