Pressure has added another Oscar-nominated actor to the cast. The stars of the upcoming World War II drama Ripley, Flea bagAnd We are all strangers‘ Andrew Scott as meteorologist James Stagg, whose work was instrumental in the storming of the beach in Normandy. The D-Day thriller will also feature Brendan Fraser, who recently won an Oscar for his performance in 2022’s film. The whaleas President Dwight D. Eisenhower. The film, which begins shooting in September, is directed by Hotel Mumbai‘s Anthony Maras.

Per Deadline, Kerry Condon has joined the cast of Pressure. The Oscar-nominated actor will play Captain Kay Summersby, a member of the British Mechanised Transport Corps who became a key adviser to President Eisenhower during the preparations for D-Day. The real Summersby, who died in 1975, wrote the memoir Eisenhower was my boss and the autobiography Forgetting the Past: My Love Affairwhich were adapted together in the 1979 miniseries Ike: The War Years with Robert Duvall as Eisenhower and Lee Remick as Summersby.

Where you saw Kerry Condon before Pressure

The Oscar-nominated star has appeared in many well-known projects

Condon is an actress who has appeared in numerous prominent projects since her breakthrough as Octavia of the Julii in the HBO series Rome In the mid-2000s, Condon was actually nominated for her Oscar for her role as Siobhán Súilleabháin in 2022 The Banshees of InisherinIn the same year, Fraser won his for The whale. However, She lost the award to Jamie Lee Curtiswho won for Everything everywhere at oncewhich swept the Academy Awards and won seven Oscars, including Best Picture.

Before he was cast in PressureCondon has demonstrated her ability to adapt to a variety of genres and media throughout her career. While most of her performances have been RomeShe has also appeared in several major television productions, including three episodes of The Walking Deada sequence of Gypsynine episodes of Robert Donovanand 18 episodes of Better call SaulOn the big screen one of her biggest roles was the voice of the AI ​​assistant FRIDAY in several films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Condon also appeared in the Oscar-winning film Three billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri alongside Frances McDormand and Sam Rockwell and the horror film from 2024 Night swimming alongside Wyatt Russell. With so many unique roles under her belt, she should be well prepared for a return to the relatively straightforward war drama of Pressure and bring their real characters to the screen with bravura.

Source: Deadline