Casting News: Malcolm McDowell to Star in Horror Flick 'The Benefactor'
Malcolm McDowell (A Clockwork Orange) has over 200 on-screen acting credits, and he's about to add another one. The actor is set to star in the forthcoming horror flick The Benefactor, according to Deadline Hollywood.
McDowell will play a once-prolific painter. After his wife dies, he takes up an artistic residency. But, it appears he is not alone, as the house he's staying in may have other residents. He believes there to be ghosts... and said ghosts may just be driving him mad.
McDowell is teaming up with director David Carson, whom he worked with on Star Trek: The Next Generation. He will be working off of a script from husband-and wife writing team, Mark and Anna Casadei.
These two are beyond excited, we can feel it in their tweets (and, they say how excited they are):
https://twitter.com/markliterally/status/1305512437597319168
https://twitter.com/annaliterally/status/1305512438515879936
The Benefactor is in the early stages and a release date has yet to be announced.
With that said, let's have a catch-up with McDowell and some of his more recent work. You can look for him in Mozart in the Jungle (2014-2018) as Thomas Pembridge, the conductor emeritus of the New York Symphony.
Here's a peek at the trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QixpBQcGAqc
Annnnd... he's also gone the funny route, starring opposite Nick Frost and Simon Pegg in the upcoming Truth Seekers.
In case you missed it, here's the trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UY2iyLnNeCQ
While we're at it, let's go back to his early days with 1971's A Clockwork Orange:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPRzm8ibDQ8
Hopefully, that's enough Malcolm McDowell to tidy up your Tuesday.
Do you have a favorite role of his?