News > Three More on Board for Scorsese's Shutter Island

Written by David Morgan

Max von Sydow, Emily Mortimer, and Jackie Earle Haley have joined the all-star cast of Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island. They join Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Michelle Williams, Ben Kingsley, and Patricia Clarkson.

The film is based on a novel by New England's premier crime novelist Dennis Lehane (Mystic River, Gone Baby Gone) and was adapted for the screen by Laeta Kalogridis. According to THR:

The story revolves around two U.S. marshals (DiCaprio and Ruffalo) who travel to a Massachusetts island to investigate the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane. Chaos ensues for the two as they encounter a web of deceit, a hurricane and a deadly inmate riot that leaves them trapped on the island.

Von Sydow will play one of the hospital's physicians, while Mortimer will play Rachel, an escaped hospital patient. Haley will play an inmate.

Von Sydow will fit right in place, having played older authority figures in such films as Minority Report and The Exorcist. Likewise, Haley just got done playing a borderline psychopath (named Rorschach) in Watchmen. Mortimer has turned in some good performances in some notable films (Match Point, Lars and the Real Girl) but hasn't had too many especially challenging roles. This could mark a new leaf turned over in her proverbial book if the part is big enough.