THR writes that MMA champion-turned-actress Gina Carano is wrapping up shooting Madness in the Method, the directorial debut of Clerks actor Jason Mewes, a film first reported on back in December.
Described as a “meta movie,” the story is a dark comedy that tells of an actor named Jason Mewes attempting to reinvent himself in Hollywood. Mewes is starring as himself and co-wrote the script with Christ Anastasi and Dominic Burns. Mewes is also producing with Burns and Rob Weston.
Carano is playing Mewes’ wife in a role that should showcase another side to the actress, who established herself as an action star with movies such as Haywire, Fast and Furious 6 and, more recently, Deadpool.
The indie production boasts an impressive cast that includes Vinnie Jones, Kevin Smith, Danny Trejo, Teri Hatcher, Judd Nelson, Stan Lee, Dean Cain, and Casper Van Dien, with many playing themselves.
“[The film] is set in an alternate universe where Kevin Smith gives me some advice to try taking on “method” acting in order to help me to be taken seriously as an actor with real range in Hollywood,” Mewes told the site last year. “Problem is that the process slowly begins to send me mad as I take to method acting a little too well!”
Shooting is taking place in Los Angeles and Derby, United Kingdom.