
Completing the Z for Zachariah cast is Chris Pine, who stars as the enigmatic, Caleb. Best known for his portrayal of James Kirk in J.J. Abrams’ reboot of the popular Star Trek film series, Pine has also appeared in a wide variety of comedies and dramas – Unstoppable (2010), This Means War (2012) and Into the Woods (2014), to name but a handful – since landing his first acting role in 2003 on an episode of the popular US television series, ER.
“I first came upon this project thanks to my agents,” says Pine, whose reps sent him details on several notable productions in development before putting him in touch with director, Craig Zobel. “Craig had done a small movie called Compliance that I really enjoyed,” explains Pine. “I don’t know what you would call it – it’s almost a horror movie, but the psychology behind everything that’s happening is so complex. I asked him what he was doing next and he told me that he had this script, ‘But, you know, the part isn’t all that big and that the film isn’t all that big…’ Of course, I read it and I loved it. I knew that Chiwetel was going to do the lead and that to play opposite him would be a lot of fun. And I knew if there was one guy who could direct this kind of a psychological drama it was Craig Zobel.”

“The scheduling was designed perfectly in the sense that we all got to this remote, isolated part of New Zealand where we had no one but each other - and by ‘we,’ I mean Chiwetel and myself, that was the entire cast at that point - and then the crew, which was very small,” explains Robbie. “We’d all hang out with each other after shooting because there was no one else to see… Suddenly Chris comes in and it was this new dynamic. It totally changed everything up, which was so perfect for the shoot, because that’s exactly what happens in the script.”

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