To prepare for Hollywood’s most action-packed movie of the year, rising Hollywood star Dylan O’Brien, together with his co-stars Golden Globe winner (Birdman) Michael Keaton, Taylor Kitsch, Shiva Negar, underwent months of intensive training to become one of the United States “American Assassin”
Early on, they worked closely with ex-military and ex-intelligence officers to fully prepare for their big roles in the movie, taking up intense trainings on physical and mental details, learning martial arts, intelligence terminology and even high-speed driving.
“American Assassin” tells the story of of Mitch Rapp (O’Brien) which begins after losing both parents in a tragic accident when he was 14, and years after his Fiancée in a terrorist attack minutes after proposing. Full of anger and despair towards the people who had hurt him. He meets CIA Deputy Director Irene Kennedy (Sanaa Lathan) who recruits him to become part of a black ops unit.