Celine Song’s ‘Materialists’ Adds Zoë Winters, Dasha Nekrasova, Marin Ireland and Louisa Jacobson (EXCLUSIVE)
Celine Song’s “Materialists” has rounded out its cast with Zoë Winters (“Succession”), Dasha Nekrasova (“Bad Behaviour,” “Wobble Palace”), Louisa Jacobson (“The Gilded Age”) and Marin Ireland (“Eileen”).
The A24 feature starring Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans and Pedro Pascal is described as a New York-set rom-com following a high-end matchmaker who gets involved with a wealthy man. Further details on the plot and the roles of Johnson, Evans and Pascal have not been disclosed.
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Winters is best known for her role as Logan Roy’s calculating and confident assistant (and paramour) Kerry on the HBO’s Emmy-winner “Succession.” She and the cast received a 2022 and 2024 SAG Award for best drama ensemble.
Winters’ other film and television credits include “Flatbush Misdemeanors,” “Hunters” and Marc Turtletaub’s feature “Jules,” in which she stars opposite Ben Kingsley. A longtime New York stage actor, Winters appeared in “Heroes of the Fourth Turning” at Playwrights Horizons, for which she received an Obie Award and a Lucille Lortel nomination.
Nekrasova, who previously appeared alongside Winters in “Succession,” most recently starred in Bertrand Bonello’s sci-fi drama “The Beast” and in “Bad Behaviour” alongside Jennifer Connelly. She is also known as the co-host of the popular cultural commentary podcast “Red Scare.”
Yale-trained actor Jacobson currently stars as Marian Brook in HBO’s “The Gilded Age.” She was nominated for a 2023 SAG Award with the cast for outstanding ensemble in a drama series.
Tony and Independent Spirit Award nominee Ireland is known for her television roles in “Sneaky Pete,” “The Umbrella Academy” and “Justified: City Primeval.” In film, she recently starred with Anne Hathaway and Thomasin McKenzie in “Eileen” and in Rob Savage’s “The Boogeyman.” She’s next set to appear in the Apple TV+ limited series “Sinking Spring” with Brian Tyree Henry.
Song will write, direct and produce alongside Christine Vachon, Pamela Koffler for Killer Films and David Hinojosa of 2AM. Song made her directorial debut with “Past Lives,” which premiered at Sundance in 2023 and went on to earn two Academy Award nominations, five Golden Globe nods and three BAFTA Film Awards nominations.
A24 will handle the release of the film, which is currently in production in New York.
Winters is represented by Gersh, Anonymous Content, and Cheryl Snow (Legal). Jacobson is represented by CAA and Brookside Artist Management. Nekrasova is represented by Gersh, ALH PR, and Gochman Law Group. Ireland is represented by CAA, Untitled Entertainment, and Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole.
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