EXCLUSIVE: Arienne Mandi (The Night Agent) has been cast as the female lead opposite the previously announced William Moseley and Mark Valley in Luca Elmi’s Hostage, a thriller due to complete principal photography this week in Kentucky.
Written by Drew Ingram and produced by his Stagmoor Studios, Hostage follows Logan Marshall (Moseley), a charismatic politician on the road to the governor’s office as it takes an unexpected twist when he becomes embroiled in a high-stakes hostage situation that forces him to confront his past and threatens to derail his path to power.
Mandi’s character, ‘Angela Robinson,’ works closely alongside Logan and Valley’s character ‘Jon Lewis,’ Logan’s ruthless campaign manager. Angela is a rising star in Logan Marshall’s campaign team.
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Elmi is a director and producer from Milan, Italy. His production company Roman Citizen has co-produced several features, including Succede, produced by Indigo Film and The First King, produced by Groenlandia. In 2019, he received the Producer of the Year award from the David di Donatello Film Festival for his work on The First King.
Mandi was a series regular on Showtime’s The L Word: Generation Q for 3 seasons. She currently stars in Season 2 of Netflix’s The Night Agent in the role of ‘Noor Taheri.’ She will next be seen as the female lead in Guy Nattiv’s award-winning feature Tatami, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival. She is repped by Greene Talent, Rikki Dale Management, and Derek Kroeger.
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