EXCLUSIVE: Garrett Dillahunt (Lanterns) is the newest addition to the cast of Pedro Panthe historical thriller based on true events from director Richie Adams.
Dillahunt will portray James Baker, an American career educator, the headmaster of the Ruston Academy — an American school in Havana — and one of the key architects of Operation Pedro Pan. As previously announced, the cast also includes Néstor Carbonell, Allen Leech, Danny Pino, Paz Vega, Andy García and Annabelle Wallis. Production began in Mexico this month.
Set in the aftermath of Fidel Castro’s Cuban revolution, Pedro Pan follows a Cuban socialite, an English schoolteacher and an Irish Catholic priest in Miami who spearhead a daring operation to help more than 14,000 children escape communist indoctrination and start new lives in America — evading Castro’s secret police at every turn.
The real-life Operation Pedro Pan took place between 1960 and 1962, when Cuban parents — fearing the indoctrination of their children under Castro’s regime — sent them to the United States in a clandestine program supported by the Catholic Church and the US government. The children arrived without their parents, with little more than a suitcase, before being placed with relatives, foster families or Catholic charities. It remains the largest recorded child refugee exodus in the Western Hemisphere.
Adams and Bart Gavigan (End of the Spear, Mouth of Hell) penned the script from a story by composer Carlos José Alvarez (Cocaine Cowboys: The Kings of Miami). Steve Shapiro (Find Me Falling, The November Man), Alvarez, and Liz and Ken Whitney (Tommy’s Honor, The Mongoose) are producing alongside Adams under his newly formed At Speed Pictures, with Luisa Gómez de Silva (All Is Lost, Saw X) providing production services. David Frankel (The Devil Wears Prada, Marley & Me) and Brent Miller (I Carry You With Me, Before We Forget) are executive producers.
Known for roles in 12 Years a Slave, The Mindy Project, Raising Hope and more, Dillahunt’s recent credits include ABC’s High Potential and HBO’s upcoming Lanterns. He is repped by Independent Artist Group and D2 Management.
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