Kevin Smith’s ‘Red State’ Cast Will Return For ‘Hit Somebody’
Kevin Smithhas unveiled the final credit card of his upcoming horror filmRed State, which promises that “almost this entire cast will return inHit Somebody.”
Based on theWarren Zevonsong, Hit Somebody (The Hockey Song), the story is about an insanely passionate hockey player named Buddy who gets his chance play professional hockey for the World Hockey Association, but as an enforcer (aka the “guy who goes out there and beats the s*** out of people”). The movie tells the story of a hockey enforcer who strives to score just one goal in a hockey game. The film adaptation will be set in the late 1970s right before the World Hockey Association was absorbed into the NHL, “during the last gasp of the goon era of hockey when it was all about fighting.”
On Twitter, Smith revealed what role some of the Red State cast members will have if they decide to sign on to Hit Somebody:
Smith originally wanted Sean William Scott to play the lead role of Buddy, but Scott instead jumped at the chance to play a hockey player in the comedy filmGoon.
Smith later announced thatRed Statecast memberNicholas Braun(Sky High, 10 Things I Hate About Youseries) will play the role of Buddy, and that Red State co-starKyle Gallner(A Nightmare on Elm Street remake, Jennifer’s Body, Big Love, Veronica Mars) will play a Gretzky-like character early in their career, everything Buddy McKracken wants to be.
Smith is not a stranger to promising returning actors and future projects at the conclusion of his credit rolls: InClerkshe promised that Jay and Silent Bob would return in Dogma, inMallratshe promised the characters would return in Chasing Amy, inDogmahe revealed that Jay & Silent Bob would return inClerks II: Hardly Clerkin'.
