Juno and the Scarecrow to Star in 'Peacock'

An interesting bit of casting here...

By: Brad Brevet
Published: Friday, February 15th 2008 at 11:11 PM

In six days Juno star Ellen Page will be turning 21. She recently starred in Juno as a 16-year-old who gets pregnant and decides to keep the baby. The film was a comedic look at teen-pregnancy and appreciated for its quirkiness. Now, audiences are going to be asked to believe Page is much older as she joins the cast of the psychological thriller Peacock with Cillian Murphy.

You see, this time around Page isn't pregnant, in fact she is a struggling mother. The film takes place in Peacock, Nebraska where Murphy's character, a split personality, fools the town into believing his two alter egos are man and wife. Page's character holds the key to his past and sparks a battle between the personalities.

Michael Lander (no, you've never heard of him) will direct from a script he co-wrote with Ryan Roy and is expected to start shooting in May.

This is the third film Page has signed on to since the success of Juno, which earned her an Oscar nomination. She is set to star in Drag Me to Hell, a horror film for Sam Raimi, she will then film Peacock followed by a role in Drew Barrymore's directorial debut Whip It.