There is a rumor that actor Stephen Graham, known for the Adolescence series and recently seen in the role of Bruce Springsteen’s father in Deliver Me From Nothing, has been cast in the Heat prequel.
The novel “Heat 2”, published in 2022 and written by Michael Mann together with Me Gardinertells a story on two temporal planes. On the one hand it tells the consequences of the criminal events that we saw in the 1995 film Heat – The challengeon the other, takes a step back in time and explores the rise of detective Vincent Hanna and Neil McCauley’s first robberies. The director has repeatedly clarified that the film based on the book will not be a simple replica of the first Heatbut an identity of its own.
Leonardo DiCaprio will be one of the protagonists. The project is currently in an advanced stage of preparation and ready to enter production in August. He also appears in the cast Christian Balewhile rumors continue to circulate about further weight entries. Among the most talked about names are Adam Driver, Austin Butler, Bradley Cooper, Jeremy Allen White e Channing Tatumalthough there is no official confirmation at the moment.
Heat 2: the cast is enriched, the confidentiality of the roles remains
One of the most discussed rumors concerns Stephen Grahamwho according to some sources has received an offer to play a younger version of Neil McCauleythe famous character brought to the screen by Robert De Niro in the first film. Clearly an evident inconsistency emerges, if we consider that the age of Graham it is very close to the one that De Niro had at the time. But we are still in a territory of hypotheses and rumors. In fact, the mystery also remains as to which character he will play DiCapriowhether Vincent Hanna or Chris Shiherlis, respectively embodied in the first film by Al Pacino e Val Kilmer. The same role as Bale has not yet been revealed, although there are rumors that he could play the role of an antagonist. He will obviously direct the film Michael Mannwho will turn 83 next February.
As for Stephen Grahamthe actor went through a particularly intense period. We saw him acting in the Netflix series Adolescence (of which he is also co-creator), a performance that earned him theEmmy for Best Leading Actor in a miniseries or TV movie.
