Dhanush thanks Anand Mahindra, posts pic with cast

Dhanush took to social media to share a picture of him with the cast of the Ryan Gosling-starrer The Gray Man, the $200-million action drama streaming on Netflix from July 22.

The Gray Man, tweeted Dhanush, “premieres one week from today! For now, please enjoy this high-res photo of the gorgeous and talented cast since I know you’re all gonna want to zoom in.” He also retweeted industrialist and social media commentator Anand Mahindra, who carried an action-packed clip from The Gray Man, and wrote: “Kudos to the producers for this inspired casting. Never envisioned @dhanushkraja as an intimidating, compact killing machine. I suspect his style will elevate all fight sequences in Indian cinema.”

The scene has Dhanush, who plays a sharply suited assassin named Avik San in the movie, engaged in some high-intensity, bare-knuckles action with Ryan Gosling (Court Gentry aka Sierra Six) and Ana de Armas (Dani Miranda). In response to Mahindra’s praise, Dhanush wrote, “Thank you so much for the encouragement, sir.”

Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, from a screenplay based on the 2009 novel of the same name by Mark Greaney, the cast of the film also has Chris Evans, Jessica Henwick, Rege-Jean Page, Wagner Moura, Julia Butters, Alfre Woodard, and Billy Bob Thornton. 

Confessions of an assassin

Hollywood star Ryan Gosling will be seen playing a trained assassin in the upcoming film The Gray Man, which he says is the kind of movie that made him want to make movies. Gosling plays Sierra Six, also known as The Gray Man, a trained assassin who is inducted into the CIA’s top-secret Sierra programme from a U.S. federal prison. The actor shared how much he would have loved such a film when he was growing up. The Gray Man will start streaming on Netflix on July 22. IANS