Mathieu Kassovitz Joining Costa-Gavras’ Capital

Just a few days after it was revealed that actor Vincent Cassel would be teaming with director Costa Gavras for his upcoming financial thriller, Capital, the film appears to be moving along at one hell of a clip.

Variety is reporting that actor/director Mathieu Kassovitz (La Haine), has joined the film’s cast, and will play the role of president of one of Europe’s largest investment banks. He’ll play Marc Tourneuil, President of Europe’s Phoenix Bank, who becomes the target of the U.S.’ largest hedge funds.   Trying to stay in power, he makes a move to pick up a Japanese bank with considerable debt.

Gabriel Byrne has also joined the film’s cast, and will play one of Phoenix’s ‘new main shareholders.’

As a fan of Gavras’ work (such as Z and Missing), he is absolutely the perfect name to see take on the financial crisis.   The premise here sounds really intriguing, and with a cast including the likes of Byrne, Kassovitz and Cassel, you really can’t go wrong.   It will also be interesting to see Kassovitz and Cassel reteaming, this time in front of the camera, after La Haine, an utter masterpiece.   Here’s to hoping this one can live up to the hype.

Source: Variety