Variety is reporting that Oscar-winner J.K. Simmons (Whiplash) has signed on to appear alongside Mark Wahlberg in Patriot’s Day, a drama based upon the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings.
Patriot’s Day reunites Wahlberg with Lone Survivor and Deepwater Horizon director Peter Berg, and sees Wahlberg as ” a composite Boston Police Department officer who is central to the investigation and manhunt, while Simmons will play Sergeant Jeffrey Pugliese of the Watertown Police Department, who distinguished himself in combat with Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.”
“Beyond his considerable talents, J.K. Simmons is a person who respects the solemn trust that these real-life heroes are putting in our hands,” states Berg. “This is an actor who will represent the role in the best way possible.”
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