Ben Kingsley & Alessandra Mastronardi Join ‘Life’ *Updated*
OTTAWA — Ben Kingsley and Alessandra Mastronardi (To Rome With Love) have jumped aboard the Robert Pattinson-starrer Life, now shooting in Toronto.
The latest feature from director Anton Corbijn tells the story of a freelance photographer, Dennis Stock (Pattinson), on assignment for Life magazine, and his unlikely friendship with the actor James Dean, played by Dane DeHaan.
The German/Canadian/Australian co-production comes from Australian writer Luke Davies.
Life is produced by See-Saw Films’ Iain Canning and Emile Sherman, with Christina Piovesan of First Generation Films, and is co-produced by Wolfgang Mueller and Benito Mueller of Barry Films.
The film also will shoot on location in Los Angeles and is financed by Corner Piece Capital, Telefilm Canada, Film4, Screen Australia, Michel Merkt, The Harold Greenberg Fund and Union Bank.
FilmNation Entertainment is handling international sales.
Updated:
Ben Kingsley and Alessandra Mastronardi have now been added to the cast list on IMDbPro, no mention of who they are playing as yet.  Kristian Bruun has also been added as Roger Love.
Updated #2:
Another cast member has now been added, Allison Brennan as Jack Warner’s assistant. Â How great does the cast look, fantastic. Â So exciting to see Rob working alongside such amazing actors, exactly how it should be.
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Maria
Wow Alessandra is absolutely gorgeous.
Ben Kingsley in a film with Rob – can’t believe what amazing cast mates he has on this film
lise-lou
You just took the words out of my mouth @Maria lol. Rob must be pinching himself. So happy for him. He totally deserves to be amongst such great talent.
Maria
@lise-lou I feel vindicated because we all KNEW he would have a career post Twi.
lise-lou
Absolutely and what a career it’s shaping up to be so exciting to watch it all unfold 😃
Trish
Rob’s in good company because he IS good company! What an amazing privilege for THEM to work with HIM! I know I’d be absolutely ecstatic if his name was attached to a movie I was in. Just sayin’…
Jules
Wonderful news all around – soooo can’t wait!! Thanks girls 🙂
Carmel
I know we were all expecting Rob to have a career after Twi. We are Rob fans – but this really is an amazing journey he is on. His choices have been so intelligent and satisfying. He is blowing my mind with how far he has come so fast