Juliette Lewis, Peter Dinklage, Levon Hawke, James Hetfield and more star in 'The Thicket,' based on the 2013 novel by Joe R. Lansdale.
Benjamin VanHoose is an Associate Editor on the Movies team at PEOPLE. He has written about entertainment and breaking news for over five years.The film, based on the 2013 novel by Joe R. Lansdale, is directed by Elliott Lester.
In the turn-of-the-century drama, Lewis plays Cut Throat Bill, a "violent killer" whose gang kidnaps the sister of an "innocent young man" named Jack, played by Hawke."To save her, Jack enlists the help of a crafty bounty hunter named Reginald Jones , a grave-digging alcoholic son of an ex-slave and a street-smart prostitute," adds the synopsis.
Oscar-nominee Lewis, 51, tells PEOPLE that Cut Throat Bill is "one of my most favorite characters I’ve ever played.""She’s seemingly indestructible and has endured brutality and extreme violence," says Lewis, "but the key to the character for me was her voice, which came instantly when I first read the script. It shows her mangled resilience, deep and gravely."
"Part of the fun of how I do my job is that you can’t always explain the 'how' or 'where' these things come from. It’s like channeling for me," she says.The project was also meaningful as a connection to her late father, actor Geoffrey Lewis, known for many Western roles. "Everything about filling this role reminded me of my father‘s legacy as a villain in one of the greatest Westerns,2023 THICKET ALBERTA PRODUCTIONS INC.
"The Western genre is such a classic form of settlement in a land without proper laws in place yet. A new beginning to a life on an unknown frontier," says the.
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