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Joel Edgerton (born 23 June 1974) is an Australian actor, director, writer, and producer. He has appeared in the films Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002), Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005), Warrior (2011), Zero Dark Thirty (2012), The Great Gatsby (2013), Black Mass (2015), Loving (2016), It Comes at Night (2017), and Red Sparrow (2018) and The King (2019). In 2015, Edgerton received a nomination for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – First-Time Feature Film for The Gift, a psychological horror-thriller film Edgerton wrote, directed, co-produced, and in which he co-starred. Edgerton garnered further critical acclaim for his performance as Richard Loving in the 2016 historical drama Loving, for which he received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. In 2018, he wrote, directed and starred in the drama Boy Erased, about gay conversion therapy. In 2019, he starred and co-wrote The King.
A psychological thriller centered on the Bowden family, whose peaceful life is shattered when Max Cady, a violent ex-convict they once knew, is released from prison and begins a calculated campaign of terror against them. Cady, intelligent and methodical, insinuates himself into their world through subtle intimidation and psychological manipulation, targeting the family's vulnerabilities and secrets. As the threat escalates from veiled menace to overt violence, the family must confront their own moral failings while fighting for survival. The story explores themes of guilt, justice, and the thin line between civilization and savagery. Cady's relentless pursuit forces the Bowdens to abandon their comfortable suburban existence and descend into primal desperation. The narrative builds to a climactic confrontation where the family must decide how far they'll go to protect themselves, blurring the distinction between victim and perpetrator. The film examines how trauma and fear can corrupt even good people, and how the past inevitably catches up with us.
