Jeffrey Dean Morgan did say he wanted to play dirty after his stint as aaah-so-cuddly Denny Duquette in Grey's Anatomy, and boy, has his agent delivered, with Morgan signed on to play another sociopath in Hammer Films' psych-thriller The Resident, to follow his turn as The Comedian in You-Know-What.
Morgan will play the seemingly charming Brooklyn landlord of Hilary Swank's doctor. But before you can say 'Pacific Heights', his character turns out to be a bit crackers, subjecting the young doctor to a terrifying game of cat and mouse.
**The Resident **reunites Swank and Morgan after grievous 2007 rom-com turkey P.S. I Love You, and the results should be more auspicious this time out, with Morgan bringing some of that Comedian misanthropy and Swank back on more familiar territory.
Filming is due to start in May, with ex-music video director Antti J. Jokinen making his feature debut behind the camera.