Former Game Of Thrones star Pedro Pascal has signed on to star in director Barry Jenkins’ film adaptation of the novel If Beale Street Could Talk.
The Moonlight filmmaker began penning the screenplay to turn his favorite James Baldwin book, first published in 1974, into a movie in the summer of 2013, and in July (17), the Oscar winner announced his project had officially won the backing of the late writer’s estate officials.
Now Pascal has joined the cast of the gripping drama, which is set in 1970s Harlem, New York.
Acting newcomer KiKi Layne will take on the lead role as Tish, a newly-engaged and pregnant woman who faces a race against time to prove her fiance’s innocence after he is falsely accused of rape.
Regina King, Stephan James, Colman Domingo, and Brian Tyree Henry are also onboard to star.
