Deadline and The Wrap are reporting that Kristen Stewart (Camp X-Ray, Clouds of Sils Maria) and Ben Platt (Pitch Perfect, The Book of Mormon) have joined the ever-growing cast of director Ang Lee’s latest project Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk.
Billy Lynn is based on the acclaimed novel by Ben Fountain from 2012, about “a group of servicemen sent on a victory tour after returning from combat in Iraq, which tales them to Texas, where they’re hosted by the Dallas Cowboys at Thanksgiving time.”
Platt would be playing a character called Josh, who works for the Cowboys organisation and is the point person in charge of taking care of the servicemen when they arrive at the football stadium. He and Stewart will join comedy legend Steve Martin (Roxanne, Home), Garrett Hedlund (On The Road) and newcomer Joe Alwyn who have already signed on to star.
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