Academy Award-nominee Demian Bichir plays another father figure in the adventure sci-fi drama Chaos Walking, which opens nationwide this weekend.
Bichir (Ben Moore), is one of several adoptive fathers to the film’s central character, young Todd played by Spiderman actor Tom Holland. In a planet of a not-too-distant future, women have disappeared while the surviving men developed a condition called the “Noise,” projecting their thoughts as images others can see. One day a mysterious young woman named Viola (Daisy Ridley) crash-lands on the strange planet, and Todd must protect her when her life is threatened. Ben, along with Todd’s other adoptive father Cillian (played by Kurt Sutter), helps the young couple escape.
Playing a father figure put Bichir on the Hollywood map, for which he was nominated in his starring role in A Better Life. He also played a similar role in another recent sci-fi drama, the Golden-Globe nominated The Midnight Sky, directed and starred by George Clooney.
Featured Top Photo: Kurt Sutter, Demian Bichir and Tom Holland in ‘Chaos Walking.’ Photo: Murray Close/Lionsgate