South Korean actor, Yu Ji-tae, best known to us genre fans as the antagonist in Park Chan-wook’s 2003 hardboiled thriller Oldboy, has joined the cast of Lars von Trier’s The House That Jack Built, Variety reports.
Set in the U.S. in the 1970s, House revolves around a serial killer, who is played by Matt Dillon. Uma Thurman, Bruno Ganz, and Riley Keough are also on board.
Yu won the role following a joint pitch by producer Zentropa Entertainment and Korean distributor Atnine Film. Neither company has revealed details of his role, which Yu finished shooting in Sweden in late March.
THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT takes place in 1970s USA. We follow the highly intelligent Jack through 5 incidents and are introduced to the murders that define Jack’s development as a serial killer. We experience the story from Jack’s point of view. He views each murder as an artwork in itself, even though his dysfunction gives him problems in the outside world. Despite the fact that the final and inevitable police intervention is drawing ever near (which both provokes and puts pressure on Jack) he is – contrary to all logic – set on taking greater and greater chances. Along the way we experience Jack’s descriptions of his personal condition, problems and thoughts through a recurring conversation with the unknown Verge – a grotesque mixture of sophistry mixed with an almost childlike self-pity and in-depth explanations of, for Jack, dangerous and difficult manoeuvres.
The film will start shooting in Trollhättan (Sweden) in March and move on to Copenhagen (Denmark) in May.
The House That Jack Built is set for a 2018 release.
