It’s crazy to think that after all these years, actors Ethan Hawke and Ewan McGregor have never appeared in a movie together. Both of them are terrific character actors, and both of them seem to travel in the same circuit of character-driven independent cinema usually helmed by auteurs. Well, humanist filmmaker Rodrigo Garcia, known for “Last Days In The Desert” with McGregor and films like “Albert Nobbs” and “Mother and Child,” has the inspired idea to put them together as estranged brothers in the new Apple TV+ drama, “Raymond & Ray.”
The concept is simple: two half-brothers reunite at the funeral of their father, but if they think burying their father is easy, well, burying the past is not.
Here’s the official synopsis:
“Raymond & Ray” follows half-brothers Raymond and Ray, who have lived in the shadow of a terrible father. Somehow, they still each have a sense of humor, and his funeral is a chance for them to reinvent themselves. There’s anger, there’s pain, there’s folly, there might be love, and there’s definitely grave-digging.
“Raymond & Ray” is written and directed by Rodrigo García and produced by Academy Award winner Alfonso Cuarón along with Bonnie Curtis and Julie Lynn through Mockingbird Pictures. Gabriela Rodriguez and Shea Kammer executive produce.
The film also co-stars Maribel Verdú, Sophie Okonedo, Tom Bower, and Vondie Curtis Hall. “Raymond & Ray” debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival earlier this year and will premiere globally on Apple TV+ on October 21, 2022. Watch the first trailer below.
