Anna Kendrick Is 'A Hundred Percent In' for THE ACCOUNTANT 3, Says Director Gavin O'Connor — GeekTyrant
While The Accountant 2 delivers a heavy dose of action and brotherly bonding between Ben Affleck and Jon Bernthal, Anna Kendrick's Dana Cummings is missing in action. Good news though, it sounds like Kendrick is all in for a return, just not in this movie.
Director Gavin O'Connor recently spoke with The New York Times about the future of the franchise, teasing that he's already thinking ahead.
"We've had some preliminary conversations. I am personally running from another puzzle movie, which we've done twice now," O'Connor said, hinting that a third film might move in a different direction.
"One thing we've talked about is the idea of bringing Anna Kendrick [who plays Christian's love interest in the first movie] back. Maybe Christian can finally get the love that he deserves."
Affleck joked, "We're hoping she still likes us," to which O'Connor casually dropped the real update: "Actually, Ben, she and I have been texting. She said she's a hundred percent in if we want."
Fans of the original 2016 film will remember that Kendrick's Dana sparked a sweet but complicated romance with Affleck's Christian Wolff. And while her absence in The Accountant 2 might feel like a gap, it was part of the plan.
O'Connor explained to Entertainment Weekly that the focus this time around was always going to be on the brothers. "The whole point was exploring the brothers and that emotional line between them. That was always the intention, so she was never going to be in the second."
Now playing in theaters, The Accountant 2 picks up with Affleck's Christian, an accountant on the autism spectrum who launders money for criminal organizations, teaming up with his brother Braxton (Bernthal) to solve the murder of Christian's former Treasury Department contact Raymond King (J.K. Simmons).
I've enjoyed this franchise and with this movie doing well at the box office, a third chapter of the story might come together.
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