Summary
Sharon Stone has been cast to play the villain inNobody 2, which is promising news because arguably her most iconic role was one of the greatest villains in movie history. 2021’s sleeper hitNobodysaw formerSaturday Night Livewriter andBetter Call Saulstar Bob Odenkirk make a surprising transition to the action genre. Odenkirk plays Hutch Mansell, a seemingly ordinary and mild-mannered suburban family man who turns out to be a former government assassin. When his enemies come back to haunt him, Hutch has to spring back into action to keep his family safe.
Asequel toNobodyhas been in development since the first movie was released to critical and commercial success, but it’s taken a while for the stars to align. Now,Nobody 2is officially in the works.The Night Comes for Us’ Timo Tjahjanto will direct the sequelfrom a script written by the original film’s writer (and creator of theJohn Wickfranchise), Derek Kolstad, along with Aaron Rabin, Umair Aleem, and Odenkirk himself. Stone has been cast to play the villain inNobody 2, and her casting sets a high bar, thanks to her most iconic role.
Bob Odenkirk’s Nobody 2 Can Finally Answer The First Movie’s Biggest Mystery
Bob Odenkirk is confirmed to return to the action genre for Nobody 2, and the sequel can finally solve the biggest mystery from the first movie.
Sharon Stone Has Been Cast As The Villain Opposite Bob Odenkirk In Nobody 2
Stone will be the latest nefarious baddie to come after Hutch and his family
It’s been announced thatStone will play the villain inNobody 2. The specifics of her character are being kept under wraps, but it’s confirmed thatStone will appear opposite Odenkirk in theNobodysequel as the latest antagonist to interrupt Hutch’s quiet family life. Stone will bring some extra star power to theNobodyuniverse alongside Odenkirk and a returning Connie Nielsen as Hutch’s wife, Becca. Stone’s character could be the one who tormented Hutch after he and his family relocated in the tantalizing, sequel-teasing cliffhanger ending ofNobody.
Stone is no stranger to the action genre. She played a gunslinger known only as “The Lady” in Sam Raimi’s revisionist westernThe Quick and the Dead. She played the villainous Laurel Hedare in the notoriousCatwomanmovie. She played Agent Lori opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger inTotal Recall; she played Patrice Dellaplane opposite Carl Weathers inAction Jackson; and she played May Munro opposite Sylvester Stallone inThe Specialist.Nobody 2will bolster Stone’s impressive action movie credentials with what is sure to be a great turn as a diabolical baddie.
Stone Played One Of The Most Iconic Movie Villains Ever In Basic Instinct
Basic Instinct’s Catherine Tramell is one of the greatest villains in movie history
Stone was already a famous actor when she played femme fatale Catherine Tramell inthe 1992 erotic thrillerBasic Instinct, butBasic Instinctlaunched her to a whole new level of stardom. Catherine is a crime novelist who becomes the top suspect in the murder of a washed-up rock star who was killed with an icepick while having sex with a mysterious blonde woman.Basic Instinctwas a widely polarizing movie; it was described as everything from a trashy, schlocky B-movie to a transgressive, groundbreaking masterpiece.
One thing that both critics and audiences could agree on was that Stone gave a mesmerizing performance as Catherine. Stone manages the perfect balance to keep this character compelling from beginning to end.She’s charismatic and seductive, but she also exudes Catherine’s more sinister traits; she’s a cold-hearted psychopath with narcissistic tendencies. Stone is a magnetic screen presence inBasic Instinct, and audiences couldn’t keep their eyes off her. Stone’s turn as Catherine has set a high bar for her villain inNobody 2.
Basic Instinctgrossed a whopping $352.9 million on a budget of $49 million.
Sharon Stone Can Help Make Nobody 2 Even Better Than The First Movie
The first Nobody movie was great, but didn’t have a particularly memorable villain
With Stone as the villain,Nobody 2has the potential to be even better than the first movie. The firstNobodywas a fresh spin on the action genre with captivating action sequences and an incredible performance by Odenkirk, but it didn’t have a particularly memorable villain. Aleksei Serebryakov played the bad guy in the firstNobodyfilm, a Russian crime lord named Yulian Kuznetsov, who’s in charge of guarding the “obshchak,” or common treasury. He targets Hutch and his family throughout the movie and is characterized by being generically evil.
There was nothing that made Yulian stand out as a character; he was a one-note villain playing on all the clichés of a Russian mafia boss. He was just there to facilitate armies of goons coming after Hutch; he didn’t have a distinctive personality. With Stone playing the antagonist inNobody 2, the sequel has the potential for a much more memorable villain. Great action movie villains tend to make for great action movies.
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Cast
Bob Odenkirk stars as Hutch Mansell, an underestimated and overlooked dad, and husband, taking life’s indignities on the chin and never pushing back. However, when two thieves break into his suburban home, Hutch declines to defend himself or his family, hoping to prevent serious violence. His teenage son is disappointed in him, and his wife seems to pull only further away - but the incident triggers the underlying rage in Hutch, leading him down a path to become a dangerous man with brutal skills and the attitude to match.
