Bad Bunny has officially joined the cast of Darren Aronofsky's upcoming film, Caught Stealing, as confirmed by The Hollywood Reporter. The global music sensation will star alongside Zoë Kravitz and Austin Butler in the Sony Pictures crime thriller, which is based on Charlie Huston's novel of the same name. While the character Bad Bunny will portray remains undisclosed, the logline reveals that the story revolves around Hank Thompson, played by Butler, a former baseball player who finds himself embroiled in a dangerous battle for survival in the criminal underworld of 1990s New York City.
Bad Bunny, known for his chart-topping music career, has been expanding his artistic endeavors into acting. His first acting role was in Narcos: Mexico, where he portrayed Arturo Kitty Páez in four episodes. He then appeared in Sony's Bullet Train alongside Brad Pitt as the assassin Wolf. Most recently, he starred in Cassandro as Felipe opposite Gael García Bernal.
Aside from his acting pursuits, Bad Bunny is also involved in producing projects. He serves as a producer on Netflix's adaptation of They Both Die at the End, a novel by Puerto Rican author Adam Silvera.
Aronofsky, the acclaimed director behind films like Requiem for a Dream and Black Swan, is producing Caught Stealing alongside his partner Ari Handel under their production company Protozoa Pictures. The duo has collaborated on various successful projects in the past, including Noah, Mother!, and The Whale, which starred Brendan Fraser and was produced in partnership with A24.
Additionally, Aronofsky is working on an upcoming biopic about Elon Musk, further expanding his diverse portfolio of films. The director's collaboration with Sony Pictures on Caught Stealing marks another exciting chapter in his illustrious career, promising audiences a gripping crime thriller set in the gritty backdrop of '90s New York City.
