Tag: Maribel Verdu

  • Maribel Verdú, Sophie Okonedo join Apple original ‘Raymond and Ray’

    By Express News Service

    Maribel Verdú and Sophie Okonedo are the newest additions to the cast of Raymond and Ray, Apple’s new original film. Also starring Ewan McGregor and Ethan Hawke, the film narrates the story of two estranged half-brothers living in the shadow of their unloving father.

    Sophie OkonedoDirected by Rodrigo García, the film is set to follow the titular characters (McGregor and Hawke, respectively), as they cope with the passing of their father and see the grieving process as an opportunity to reinvent themselves, having escaped the shadow they’ve lived under their entire lives.

    Verdú joins the cast as Lucia, partner and caretaker to Raymond and Ray’s father and Okonedo, on the other hand, is set to play Kiera, a nurse and source of comfort to the characters’ father at the end of his life.Verdú is also a part of The Flash, in which she plays Nora Allen, mother of titular superhero Barry Allen. 

    Oscar nominee Okonedo on the other hand has The Wheel of Time and Death on the Nile, alongside Kenneth Branagh and Gal Gadot in her kitty. The film is produced by Oscar winner Alfonso Cuarón, as well as Bonnie Curtis and Julie Lynn, who produce through Mockingbird Pictures. No release date has been announced for the project.

  • Maribel Verdu joins Ezra Miller’s The Flash   

    By Express News Service
    Spanish actor Maribel Verdu is the newest addition to Ezra Miller’s superhero movie The Flash. Verdu is best known for featuring in Oscar-winning filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron’s 2001 classic movie Y Tu Mama Tambien.

    The 50-year-old actor will play Nora Allen, the mother of Barry Allen aka The Flash. Meanwhile, actor Billy Crudup, who essayed the role of Henry Allen Barry’s father in Justice League, has exited the project over scheduling issues. Andy Muschietti of It series fame will be helming the Warner Bros’ troubled superhero feature, which has been in works since 2016.