REVIEW

Nolan Adds John Lithgow and Ellen Burstyn to INTERSTELLAR Cast List

By Matt Oakes · July 16, 2013

Just when the Interstellar cast is looking as stacked as it could possibly be, nerd-god Christopher Nolan goes and adds John Lithgow (Rise of the Planet of the Apes) and Ellen Burstyn (Requiem for a Dream) to his already massive cast. Burstyn’s work in Requiem is one of the most overlooked, and absolutely best, performances of all time and Lithgow, though know most for his leading role in Third Rock From the Sun and his villain in Cliffhanger, put in an Emmy-winning performance on Dexter‘s glorious fourth season.

Additionally, Timothée Chalamet (Homeland) and Mackenzie Foy (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2) hoped on board this morning as well. Joining a cast that already includes Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Casey Affleck, Bill Irwin and Michael Caine, Lithgow and Burstyn are just more welcome talent into a project that really seems to be shaping up to be undeniably epic.

Nolan is noted for returning to cast members such as Christian Bale, who has starred in four films with him, Cillian Murphy, also in four, Ken Watanabe, four again, with Marion Cotillard, Tom Hardy and Joseph Gordon Levitt all having boarded The Dark Knight franchise after working with Nolan on Inception. This time around though, Nolan seems to be dropping his troupe of regulars and working with a whole new slew of talent. Most notably in Nolan’s stable though is Caine, who has been in all of Nolan’s films but one, who will continue that streak here again alongside fellow Dark Knight Rises cast member Anne Hathaway.

Interstellar is directed by Christopher Nolan and stars Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Casey Affleck, Bill Irwin, Michael Caine, John Lithgow, Ellen Burstyn, Timothée Chalamet and Mackenzie Foy. It hits theaters November 7, 2014.