Seeing stars: These 25 actors appear in films shot in Oklahoma in 2019
From Academy Award winners and stars of superhero movies to character actors and up-and-coming talents, the performers appearing in movies that filmed in Oklahoma this year grew more impressive than ever.
And as more productions have come and worked with the Oklahoma Film and Music Office, and seen more crew members available in the state for year-round film projects, the productions have grown exponentially.
Consider the lineup of stars whose movies filmed in the state in 2019, and which should be coming in the near future to a theater — or a streaming or on-demand service — near you.
Matt Damon in “Stillwater”
‘Stillwater’
A drama directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Tom McCarthy (“Spotlight”), the film is about an oil-rig worker father (Matt Damon, seen here at a Stillwater art gallery this summer) who travels from Oklahoma to France to help his daughter (Abigail Breslin), who has been arrested for murder. Filming took place in Coyle and Arcadia, among other locations in central Oklahoma, and the film is scheduled to be in theaters in November 2020.
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Abigail Breslin in “Stillwater”
Abigail Breslin
The “Little Miss Sunshine” and “Zombieland” star (far left) makes her second movie in Oklahoma after filming “August: Osage County” in the fall of 2012 in Osage County.
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Melissa Leo in “Body Brokers”
‘Body Brokers’
The film by Tulsa-native filmmaker John Swab is a dark drama about drug addicts, treatment centers and get-rich schemes, and it filmed in the Tulsa area this summer — Swab’s third movie here in the past five years.
Melissa Leo in “Body Brokers”: The Oscar winner (best supporting actress for “The Fighter”) is also a neighbor of Swab, who now lives in the Woodstock, New York, area, and Leo is a producer on the film.
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Jessica Rothe in “Body Brokers”
Jessica Rothe
Rothe is the lead character in the 2017 box-office hit “Happy Death Day” and this year’s sequel, “Happy Death Day 2U.”
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Jack Kilmer in “Body Brokers”
Jack Kilmer
A busy young actor (“The Nice Guys”), Kilmer is the son of Joanne Whalley and Val Kilmer. He’s pictured here during filming in Tulsa.
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Alice Englert in “Body Brokers”
Alice Englert
The 25-year-old actress (and daughter of filmmaker Jane Campion of “The Piano”) has starred in “Beautiful Creatures” and “Ginger & Rosa.” She’s pictured here (left) during filming in Tulsa.
MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
Trace Adkins in “Thirteen Minutes”
‘Thirteen Minutes’
Filming in the El Reno area, with this film-office synopsis: “Four families in a Heartland town who are tested in a single day when a tornado hits, forcing paths to cross and redefining the meaning of survival.”
Trace Adkins in “Thirteen Minutes”: The country music star is working more often as an actor, including the Oklahoma-filmed hit “I Can Only Imagine.”
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