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- Odessa Young may join ‘Heat 2.’
- Michael Mann co-wrote the movie and will direct.
- Leonardo DiCaprio and Christian Bale are starring.
The cast for Michael Mann’s long-awaited hybrid prequel/sequel to 1995 crime thriller ‘Heat’ is beginning to lock in, with Leonardo DiCaprio, Christian Bale, Adam Driver, Stephen Graham and Jason Clarke all aboard.
And if she makes a deal, Deadline reports that ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’s Odessa Young will join them, since she’s the filmmaker’s top choice to play a younger version of Charlene, as portrayed by Ashley Judd in the original.
The trade site also mentions that ‘We Are the Flesh’s María Cid is playing Gabi, a new character in the franchise who is the daughter of Neil McCauley’s girlfriend.
Related Article: Jason Clarke is Reportedly Circling a Role in Michael Mann’s ‘Heat 2’
What’s the story of ‘Heat’?
Mann’s original film follows Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro), who leads a group of professional bank robbers, taking down major scores around Los Angeles. But after their latest heist goes terribly wrong and ends up in homicide, detective Vincent Hanna (Al Pacino) finds a clue and becomes obsessed with the case, determined to stop McCauley’s crew.
How does ‘Heat 2’ tie in?
‘Heat 2’ (written by Mann alongside Meg Gardiner) in book form tells the story of everything that happens before and after to the principal characters. The book jumps between two time periods, the first following Chris Shiherlis (Val Kilmer in the original film) as he tries to evade the LAPD and Hanna following the bank robbery gone bad and moves forward into new territory in the tri-border zone and Southeast Asia.
The second storyline takes readers back to Chicago in 1988 when McCauley, Shiherlis and their crew are taking scores on the West Coast, the U.S.–Mexico border, and in Chicago. At the same time, Hanna is cutting his teeth as a rising star in the Chicago police department chasing an ultraviolent gang of home invaders.
