Maribel Verdú, Sophie Okonedo join Apple original ‘Raymond and Ray’

By Express News Service

Maribel Verdú and Sophie Okonedo are the newest additions to the cast of Raymond and Ray, Apple’s new original film. Also starring Ewan McGregor and Ethan Hawke, the film narrates the story of two estranged half-brothers living in the shadow of their unloving father.

Directed by Rodrigo García, the film is set to follow the titular characters (McGregor and Hawke, respectively), as they cope with the passing of their father and see the grieving process as an opportunity to reinvent themselves, having escaped the shadow they’ve lived under their entire lives.

Verdú joins the cast as Lucia, partner and caretaker to Raymond and Ray’s father and Okonedo, on the other hand, is set to play Kiera, a nurse and source of comfort to the characters’ father at the end of his life.
Verdú is also a part of The Flash, in which she plays Nora Allen, mother of titular superhero Barry Allen. 

Oscar nominee Okonedo on the other hand has The Wheel of Time and Death on the Nile, alongside Kenneth Branagh and Gal Gadot in her kitty. The film is produced by Oscar winner Alfonso Cuarón, as well as Bonnie Curtis and Julie Lynn, who produce through Mockingbird Pictures. No release date has been announced for the project.