Brendan Fraser has been cast as Dwight D. Eisenhower in a new World War II movie called Pressure.
Pressure is directed by Anthony Maras, who previously made 2018’s Hotel Mumbai. The new movie, which takes place around the days leading up to D-Day, will star All of Us Strangers’ Andrew Scott as James Stagg.
Per Deadline, Fraser has now joined the cast of Pressure as Eisenhower, who ultimately had to decide whether or not to invade Normandy.
What is Pressure about?
“In the 72 hours leading up to D-Day, all the pieces are in place except for one key element — the British weather. Britain’s Chief Meteorological Officer James Stagg is called upon to deliver the most consequential forecast in history, locking him into a tense standoff with the entire Allied leadership,” the synopsis for the movie reads. “The wrong conditions could devastate the largest-ever seaborne invasion, while any delay risks German intelligence catching on. With only his trusted aide Captain Kay Summersby to confide in, and haunted by a catastrophic D-Day rehearsal, the final decision rests with Supreme Allied Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower. With only hours to go, the fate of the war and the lives of millions hang in the balance.”
Pressure is based on a 2014 play written by David Haig, who co-wrote the script for the movie with Maras. The movie is expected to begin filming in the United Kingdom this September, as additional casting is currently underway.
Fraser recently won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in 2022’s The Whale., which he then followed up with a minor role in Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon. He’s now set to appear alongside Josh Borlin and Peter Dinklate in Max Barbakow’s Brothers, which releases this October, in addition to Hikari’s Rental Family, which does not yet have a release date.
A release date for Pressure has not yet been announced.
