Jesse Plemons joins Kirsten Dunst's directorial debut, 'The Bell Jar'

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By Darian Scalamoni

            Back in July, we reported that Kirsten Dunst was making her directorial debut with her adaptation of the remarkable novel, The Bell Jar. Now, thanks to Indiewire we have more casting news available. According to them, it seems that Dunst’s Fargo co-star, Jesse Plemons, will play Lenny Shepherd in the film.

            Dunst now has her two leads cast with Plemons and Dakota Fanning as Esther Greenwood as she makes her first foray into filmmaking. The Bell Jar follows Greenwood during a summer in NYC but is dealing with the death of her father. She then gets an internship at a prestigious magazine but then has a downward spiral after befriending a fellow intern named Doreen. Plemons’ character is a wealthy city man who gets in the middle of Esther and Doreen’s friendship. Doreen has yet to be cast. The movie will be going into production in early 2017.

            The addition of Plemons is a great one as he’s becoming somewhat as a rising star since his supporting role on the AMC hit drama, Breaking Bad. Since then, he’s received film roles in Black Mass and Bridge of Spies as well as prominent roles on television with Fargo and the HBO miniseries, Olive Kitteridge. Plemons already has a stacked 2017 though. In addition to this project, he’s also signed onto Doug Liman’s American Made alongside Tom Cruise and Domhnall Gleeson, Scott Cooper’s Hostiles with Christian Bale and Rosamund Pike and The Discovery, which is in post-production and also stars Rooney Mara and Jason Segel.

            As soon as more is revealed about Kirsten Dunst’s directorial debut, The Bell Jar, we’ll provide you with the information.