Jason Reitman brings his live table read series to TIFF with American Beauty
Since last October, Juno and Up in the Air director Jason Reitman has been organizing a series called “Live Read” at the Los Angeles County Museum of Arts, where he gets his famous actor friends to do a live table read of a beloved movie script (for instance, he did The Breakfast Club with Jennifer Garner portraying Molly Ringwald’s Claire Standish, somehow). On Thursday, Reitman’s bringing the show to TIFF with a live reading of American Beauty, that classic tale of mid-life crises and plastic bags, at the Ryerson Theatre at 6 p.m. (tickets are on sale along with the regular festival single tickets). The cast so far (he’s announcing them via Twitter):
- Adam Driver (Lena Dunham’s creepy boyfriend from Girls) as the neighbour’s son Ricky Fitts (played by Wes Bentley in the film)
- Toronto’s Sarah Gadon as Angela, the teenage object of Lester Burnham’s (Kevin Spacey) lust (played by Mena Suvari in the film)
- Nick Kroll as Buddy (played by Peter Gallagher in the film)
We’re sure he’ll save the announcement of the actor playing Spacey’s Oscar-winning role for last…perhaps he’s turned to one of the A-listers already in town for the festival? Will Smith, say, or Mr. Darcy?
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Since last October, Juno and Up in the Air director Jason Reitman has been organizing a series called “Live Read” at the Los Angeles County Museum of Arts, where he gets his famous actor friends to do a live table read of a beloved movie script (for instance, he did The Breakfast Club with Jennifer Garner portraying Molly Ringwald’s Claire Standish, somehow). On Thursday, Reitman’s bringing the show to TIFF with a live reading of American Beauty, that classic tale of mid-life crises and plastic bags, at the Ryerson Theatre at 6 p.m. (tickets are on sale along with the regular festival single tickets). The cast so far (he’s announcing them via Twitter):
Adam Driver (Lena Dunham’s creepy boyfriend from Girls) as the neighbour’s son Ricky Fitts (played by Wes Bentley in the film)
Toronto’s Sarah Gadon as Angela, the teenage object of Lester Burnham’s (Kevin Spacey) lust (played by Mena Suvari in the film)
Nick Kroll as Buddy (played by Peter Gallagher in the film)
We’re sure he’ll save the announcement of the actor playing Spacey’s Oscar-winning role for last...perhaps he’s turned to one of the A-listers already in town for the festival? Will Smith, say, or Mr. Darcy?){kind=link}