He’ll be seen being a nasty sort in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but Domhnall Gleeson is sticking to his more usual good-natured hopeless romantic for a new comedy, **Crash Pad.
Christina Applegate, Thomas Haden Church and Nina Dobrev are all joining him in the film, which Kevin Tent – an Oscar-nominated editor who has worked with Alexander Payne – has started shooting in Vancouver as his directorial debut.
Gleeson stars as a man who thinks he’s struck the jackpot of true love with an older woman (Applegate). Until, that is he learns that she’s just using him to get romantic revenge on her neglectful husband (Church). Our hero threatens to blackmail his paramour by telling her hubby all about their affair, only for the man to decide he’s going to get back at his wife by moving in with Gleeson and returning to his bachelor ways.
Jeremy Catalino wrote the script, and William Horberg is producing the film alongside Lauren Bratman and Payne himself. “As an editor, Kevin Tent has helped craft some of the great performances of the last decades,” Horberg tells Variety. “He is a natural storyteller, and I can’t wait to see what he does with this wonderful cast and Jeremy’s hilarious script. And of course he can always fix it in post!” There’s no sign of a release date just yet.