John Grisham series casts key Claire Danes character from original movie

The upcoming television adaptation of John Grisham The rainmaker has cast a new series regular in the same role once played by Claire Danes. Based on Grisham’s 1995 novel of the same name, the USA Network TV adaptation will follow on the heels of the 1997 movie helmed by veteran filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola. With an all-star cast that includes the likes of Matt Damon, Jon Voight, Mickey Rourke and Danny DeVito, the original movie centers on a young law school graduate who finds himself embroiled in a courtroom battle far beyond his meager experience.

Per Term, The rainmaker TV adaptation did Figure Bodkin Robyn Cara stars in Danes’ first role as Kelly Riker. Previous casting announcements include Milo Callaghan (Doctor Who, The Strangers) As Rudy Baylor, the role previously played by Damon, while Crazy And MCU star John Slattery is set to tackle Voight’s role as veteran defense attorney Leo Drummond. Other cast members include Madison Iseman (I know what you did last summer), Lana Parrilla (Once upon a time), and PJ Byrne (The Wolf of Wall Street).

How will the Rainmaker show compare to the movie?

The show of the show already points to a completely different name

Despite boasting an impressive cast, backed by the instant name recognition of both Coppola and Grisham, The rainmaker Movie was a disappointment at the box office for Paramount Pictures. Earning only $45.9 million against an original budget of $45 million, the film’s commercial response was a far cry from the considerable box office success of other John Grisham movies, such as The company And The Pelican Letter. It remains to be seen whether USA Network’s new TV adaptation will fare any better His casting announcements already point to some key differences.

In the original movie, Danes’ role as the battered woman Kelly Riker ultimately serves as the key love interest for Damon’s character. The pair have a tumultuous relationship that reaches a satisfying development by the end of The rainmakerAnd one would expect that to continue in the show. However, the dynamic would appear to be complicated by the addition of Rudy’s former law school girlfriend, Sarah Plankmore (Iseman) to the show. While a key character in Grisham’s original book, Coppola decided to leave her out of his movie entirely.

Another interesting point of departure lies in Parrilla’s casting as Rudy’s boss, Jocelyn “Bruiser” Stone. a problem”Ambulance ChaserPreviously played by Rourke, The rainmaker TV series will instead see Parrilla heading up the strip-mall-based law firm once founded by her disgraced father. Whether these changes will serve to help or hinder USA Network’s new TV adaptation is unclear, though the project is already shaping up to be notably different from its big-screen predecessor.

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