Impossible 8 is a sprint to finish the line

Lake George co-stars Carrie Coon and Shea Whigham are actors. They are highly regarded by their peers and elevate every project they participate in, whether it is an independent film, a blockbuster or a prestigious cable series. And as soon as audiences see them on the big or small screen, they immediately know they’re in good hands with two reliable actors. The duo first worked together on the third season of Noah Hawley’s Emmy-nominated series. Fargo series, and they spent six years trying to reunite until the SAG strike in the summer of 2023 presented a unique opportunity to do so through an interim agreement.

The result is Jeffrey Reiner’s comic neo-noir Lake Georgewhich premieres tonight at New York City Tribeca Festival. The writer-director – who previously worked with Whigham and his daughter Giorgia on a 2018 episode Dirty Jean – Send it Lake George The script sent to the Florida native nearly a year before the July 23 strike only sped things up. And just when Whigham was about to frequently recommend Coon for the female lead, Reiner beat him to it.

“When Jeffrey and I were sitting together one day, he said, ‘I want that actress that I was thinking about while writing.’ And I was like, ‘Okay, who?’ And he said ‘Carrie Coon,'” Whigham said. The Hollywood Reporter Before Lake Georgeworld premiere in the Tribeca Narrative Spotlight category.

Whigham plays Don, a white-collar criminal who has just served a 10-year prison sentence, and when he goes to collect a past debt from the gangster (Glenn Fleshler’s Armen) who contributed to his downfall, he is rather constrained to kill Armen’s man. girlfriend and criminal associate, Phyllis (Coon). But Don, being a former insurance adjuster who has simply outgrown himself, doesn’t have the courage to pull the trigger, and Phyllis, through her powers of persuasion, offers Don a chance for revenge. Armen. So the unlikely allies put on a show on the California road, as they try to balance revenge and redemption, if there is such a thing. And it turns out that the two outcasts are exactly what the other needed at this crossroads in their lives.

“It’s really satisfying to see two people serve each other in this capacity and shine a light on something so they can move forward,” Coon says. “Ultimately, it’s about getting people out of a place they’re stuck in, and that’s really hard to do.”

Before they get on the same page, Don pulls his newly acquired gun on Phyllis in a parking lot, and she quickly gives him the run by cocking her purse. Whigham, as Don, then pursues Coon’s character, and the scene is naturally reminiscent of Whigham’s famous foot chases with Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker in Joker (2019) and Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible – Dead reckoning…