Movie Casting News: Matthew Macfadyen to star in untitled Weinstein Assistant Movie

According to Deadline, Matthew Macfadyen (image via Getty Images) has joined the cast of the upcoming untitled movie based on a day and life of one of Harvey Weinsten's assistants. Matthew is said to be playing as a human resources executive.The movie is currently in production in New York.

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Harvey Weinstein Assistant Movie: Matthew Macfadyen, Kristine Froseth & Makenzie Leigh Join Kitty Green Pic

EXCLUSIVE: Matthew Macfadyen (Succession), Kristine Froseth (Sierra Burgess Is a Loser) and Makenzie Leigh (Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk) have joined Julia Garner in writer-director Kitty Green’s untitled movie based on a day in the life of one of Harvey Weinstein’s assistants.

James Schamus (Brokeback Mountain), Scott Macaulay (Casting JonBenet) and Jen Dana (Brigsby Bear) are producing the Symbolic Exchange feature whose plot details are being kept under wraps. The movie is currently in production in New York.

Garner (Ozark) will star in the lead role; Macfadyen will play a human resources exec; Froseth will play an applicant to an intern program, with few skills for the job, who is put up in a nice hotel; and Leigh will play an actress auditioning for a film. It is unclear at this stage whether the character of Weinstein will appear in the film. His shadow will certainly loom large.

Also among cast are Noah Robbins (Miss Sloane) and Jon Orsini (Generation Um…) as other Weinstein assistants, Dagmara Dominczyk (Succession), Purva Bedi (Sully) and Juliana Canfield (Succession).

Writer-director Green (Casting JonBenet) is said to have spent more than a year researching public records and documents, and conducting scores of interviews, for the project. Macaulay previously described the film as “crafted to allow our audience to wholly identify with its heroine and the all-too common inequities she faces.”

Weinstein’s former assistants have spoken out about various types of improper conduct by the film mogul. We spoke to one of them, Zelda Perkins, last year. Multiple women, including assistants, have alleged sexual harassment by him. Weinstein has denied the claims.