John Malkovich has joined Mark Wahlberg in Deepwater Horizon, the oil rig disaster drama that Peter Berg is directing for Lionsgate.
The cast already features a mix of vets such as Kurt Russell and up-and-comers such as Maze Runner actor Dylan O’Brien and Jane the Virgin star Gina Rodriguez. The movie tells the story of Deepwater Horizon, the infamous British Petroleum oil rig that caught fire and exploded on April 22, 2010 while drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 crew members and resulting in the largest offshore oil spill in United States history. Walhberg is starring as an electrician on the rig. Malkovich will play a stubborn BP rep who underestimates the danger of the work being done.
