Dylan O’Brien goes through intense training with trained Navy SEALS in “American Assassin”

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.

Dylan O'Brien In American Assassin

From his first notable on-screen role as Stiles Stillinsky in the 2012 adaptation of the 1980’s cult classic “Teen Wolf” to his first lead role in the dystopian flick “The Maze Runner”, Dylan O’Brien now stars in the all-action packed movie “American Assassin”.

Since then, the actor has continuously proved to everyone that he is one Hollywood’s most versatile actors. From being able to take on the role of a best-friend, a rebel, a freedom-fighter and now a deadly assassin.

Dylan takes on the role of Mitch Rapp in “American Assassin”, a one-of-a-kind assassin who possesses savage skills and a ferocious drive for payback.  A non-stop action-espionage thriller rooted in the raw reality of today’s hard-to-detect enemies invisible black ops, high-level surveillance, portable nukes and murky agendas. This is the story of a 21st Century counterterrorist spymaster-in-the-making who, in a world of new rules, breaks all the old molds. But much as we’re in the midst of a new era of bold individualists, this is also a story of far-flung global agents discovering what truly matters: working together for the greater good.