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Carrie Coon joins Steve McQueen's heist thriller 'Widows'

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"The Leftovers" actress Carrie Coon has been cast in New Regency's upcoming thriller "Widows".

The 36-year-old actress will shoot the movie after she completes filming her role in Steven Spielberg's "The Papers", according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Steve McQueen id directing "Widows", which is currently in production and features an ensemble that includes Viola Davis, Elizabeth Debicki and Michelle Rodriguez as well as Liam Neeson, Colin Farrell and Daniel Kaluuya.

The story, based on the 1980s British TV series of the same name, starts out with a group of armed robbers being killed during a heist attempt. Their widows then decide to finish the job their spouses started.
 

Coon will play a widow who declines to join the others in their plan.

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First Published: Jun 23 2017 | 12:48 PM IST

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