Filming is underway on Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 director Joe Berlinger’s Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, also known as “the Ted Bundy film starring Zac Efron as Ted Bundy,” and we’ve got some more casting news for you today.
Via Deadline, Grace Victoria Cox (“Under the Dome,” “Twin Peaks,” “Heathers”) is the latest to come on board. Cox will play Carol Daronch, a soft featured girl who survived Ted’s kidnapping attempt and later ID’s him in court.
The film is told from the point of view of Bundy’s former girlfriend Elizabeth Kloepfer, set during the multi-year period that Bundy hid his murder spree from her.
Oscar nominee John Malkovich recently joined the cast as Edward Cowart, the judge who presided over the serial killer’s 1979 trial that resulted in a death sentence.
Lily Collins plays Elizabeth Kloepfer, with Angela Sarafyan as Joanna, a close friend of Elizabeth’s.
Bundy was executed in 1989. Shortly before his execution, he confessed to 30 homicides committed in seven states between 1974 and 1978.
The original screenplay, written by Michael Werwie, won the Nicholl Fellowship first prize and was featured on the Black List.
