Director Nick Stagliano on the origins & casting of THE VIRTUOSO
Nick Stagliano is a filmmaker whose work defies easy classification. His commitment to character-driven stories in an era of big-budget excess makes any new project from the writer/director worth looking into for film fans who enjoy thoughtful, contemplative stories regardless of genre conventions. His latest, THE VIRTUOSO, finds him applying his “character-first” mentality to the action/thriller world with a stellar cast in tow that features Anson Mount (HELL ON WHEELS), Richard Brake (3 FROM HELL), David Morse (THE GREEN MILE), Eddie Marsan (THE WORLD’S END), Abbie Cornish (SUCKER PUNCH), and two time Academy Award winner Sir Anthony Hopkins (THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS). Here is the film’s official synopsis: Danger, deception, and murder descend upon a sleepy country town when a professional assassin accepts a new assignment from his enigmatic mentor and boss. Given only where and when along with a cryptic clue, the methodical hit man must […]