EXCLUSIVE: American actor Dylan Arnold, best known for starring in David Gordon Green’s Halloween remake and Netflix’s popular series You, will lead the indie feature Born To Lose.
From director Joseph Zentil, who is making his feature debut, the film follows Andy Logan (Arnold), a young biker grappling with his father’s troubled legacy along with his escalating debts to a local gangster. As he races to restore a vintage motorcycle to save himself, he must confront family secrets and forge his own identity.
Born to Lose also stars James Le Gros (Drugstore Cowboy) as Jed Duncan, Andy’s reluctant mentor, Ambyr Childers (The Master) as Julie Logan, Andy’s troubled sister, Sarah Pidgeon (Tiny Beautiful Things) as Tabitha, a country singer and Andy’s on-off girlfriend and Shane Callahan (Dopesick) as Roddy, the local gangster.
The film was written by Pierce Csurgo, Zentil, and Eric J. Kinsey who serves as a co-producer. Producers are Csurgo & Zentil of Strange Customs, Tom Putnam and Brett Woodall of Commonwealth Creative Entertainment, and Roger M. Mayer of Brooklyn Reptyle Productions. Michele Silva-Neto of Cretney Williams Investments and Matty Matheson (The Bear) are executive producers.
Cameras are currently rolling on the production. The film will be photographed in and around Paducah, a small town of nearly 27,000 in rural Western Kentucky.
“Born to Lose grew from a deeply personal place — our own complex relationships with our fathers and a passion for vintage motorcycles and the people who ride them,” said Zentil and Csurgo in a joint statement. “We wanted to tell an honest coming-of-age story that explored those complicated family dynamics while celebrating the richness of small-town American life.”
Dylan Arnold is repped by Gersh Agency and Kim Callahan at Industry Entertainment. James Le Gros is repped by Innovative and David Lillard at Industry Entertainment. Ambyr Childers is repped by CESD Talent Agency and Michael Adler and Matt Luber at Luber Roklin Entertainment. Sarah Pidgeon is repped by Gersh and Sandra Chang at Anonymous Content. Shane Callahan is repped by Amsel, Eisenstadt, Frazier & Hinojosa Talent Agency, and Angie Lucania at Entertainment Lab.
Check out some stills from the production below.
