Edgar Wright's 'Baby Driver' Casts Cinderella Star; New Plot Details Revealed
Cinderella star Lily James will join Ansel Elgort in Edgar Wright's, Baby Driver, a thriller described as “the ultimate rock-and-roll car chase film.”
The Hollywood Report broke the news that James is currently in negotiations to join the crime thriller. She’ll play Elgort’s love interest, who works as a diner waitress. Wright wrote and will direct the new film.
Along with this piece of casting news, THR gave some details regarding its plot; Ansel Elgort is set to star as a young mute man who has an ear condition that forces him to constantly listen to music in order to drown out the constant ringing in his ears. His character is a driver for a group of bank robbers who goes on the run after a heist goes bad.
Baby Driver is set to start shooting in New Orleans this Autumn, with no scheduled release date currently set.