If you've seen American Beauty, then you already know Kevin Spacey can do a mean pothead on screen -- especially one that is a little ticked at the way his life has turned out. Both skills will come in handy now that Variety has announced that Spacey has signed to star in the indie drama, Shrink. Jonas Pate is already on board to direct Thomas Moffett's script about a celebrity shrink in the midst of a personal crisis.Spacey will play a psychiatrist to the stars who's thrown for a loop by a personal tragedy. When he is unable to deal with the loss, he becomes a chronic pothead and all-around burn out; eventually losing faith in his ability to help his patients. Starring as his various celebrity clients are Saffron Burrows, Jack Huston, Griffin Dunne, Robin Williams, Pell James, Robert Loggia, Keke Palmer, Laura Ramsey, Gore Vidal, Dallas Roberts and Mark Webber.
Shrink is a co-production between Ignite, Ithaka and Spacey's production shingle, Trigger Street. Luckily for Spacey, the ensemble drama has already gotten underway in Los Angeles, because he appears to be booked solid in the coming year. He's still committed to appear in the music biopic Telstar and the rumored Chicago 7 flick for Spielberg -- if it ever happens. Not to mention I'm really looking forward to his Lex Luthor just one more time.
Shrink is scheduled to arrive in theaters later this year.
1. Well, that certainly sounds like the most interesting thing he's done in a while.
Posted at 3:39AM on Jun 19th 2008 by AJ Wiley