Rooney And Kate Mara To Star In New Movie From Werner Herzog

Justin Kroll

5 February 2025 at 6:00 pm·1-min read

EXCLUSIVE: Real-life sisters Kate and Rooney Mara are now looking to play fictional sisters as the two are set to star in Bucking Fastard, a new movie from Werner Herzog.

Herzog will write and direct the film, with Ariel Leon Isacovitch and Agnes Chu producing, along with Andrea Bucko and Emanuele Moretti of Cobalt Sky Motion Picture Group, and Clara Wu Tsai. Production is set to start this spring in Ireland and Slovenia.

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The film is based on the true story of inseparable twin sisters Joan and Jean, who live on the fringes of society.

The film marks the first time the sisters have worked together. For Rooney, the two-time Oscar nominee was most recently seen in the Orion Pictures drama Women Talking from writer-director Sarah Polley. She is repped by WME, Entertainment 360 and Sloane, Offer, Weber and Dern.

Kate was most recently seen in the FX series Class of ’09 and is up next in the sci-fi thriller The Astronaut. She is repped by CAA, Mosaic and Sloane, Offer, Weber and Dern.

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