The Out-Laws Cast Guide: Adam Devine, Pierce Brosnan, Nina Dobrev and Ellen Barkin Star - Netflix Tudum

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    Adam Devine, it’s time to meet your in-laws: Pierce Brosnan and Ellen Barkin.

    By John DiLillo
    July 7, 2023

There’s something for everyone in the new trailer for The Out-Laws: a bakery shoot-out, a car chase through a cemetery and of course, a meeting between those two icons of the silver screen, Pierce Brosnan and Richard Kind. As a mismatched pair of in-laws, the two actors share a lightly passive-aggressive introduction in the teaser — one that had a real-world impact on Brosnan. “I told my wife that,” the erstwhile action hero tells Tudum. “She just howled with laughter. ‘You’re very handsome.’ ‘Thank you.’ ‘Not a compliment.’ ” 

In The Out-Laws, Brosnan’s charm and good looks are a weapon. As one member of the notorious “Ghost Bandits” bank robbery crew, he and Ellen Barkin embark on a reign of terror that ensnares their daughter Parker (Nina Dobrev) and her fiancé Owen (Adam Devine), who just happens to be a bank manager. Sound like a mess? Well, things get even more complicated when Parker is kidnapped and held for ransom — forcing Owen and the Ghost Bandits to team up and go on an unlikely crime spree to save her. Check out the trailer above, and meet The Out-Laws’ colorful cast of characters below. The new comedy starts streaming on Netflix July 7.

Adam Devine in ‘The Out-Laws’

Owen (Adam Devine) in The Out-Laws.

 

Adam Devine

Who he plays: Bank manager and unlikely Ghost Bandit ally Owen
What to know: Devine starred in and co-created cult comedy series Workaholics; he and co-stars Anders Holm and Blake Anderson later starred in Game Over, Man!
Where you’ve seen him: Pitch Perfect, The Intern, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, Jexi, Isn’t It Romantic
What he has to say about his character: “Owen is pretty timid and scared and a little bit of a pushover. And I think he grows a spine throughout the movie for his love of Parker, played by Nina Dobrev, who’s my fiancée in the film. He just loves her so much he’s willing to risk life and limb, and really kind of grows a backbone.”
Where to follow: Twitter and Instagram

Pierce Brosnan in ‘The Out-Laws’

Billy (Pierce Brosnan) in The Out-Laws.

 

Pierce Brosnan

Who he plays: Ghost Bandit ringleader Billy McDermott
What to know: Brosnan attained international fame as the fifth iteration of superspy James Bond: a fact nodded to by a Bond quip from Ellen Barkin in the trailer for The Out-Laws.
Where you’ve seen him: The Thomas Crown Affair, Mamma Mia!, GoldenEye, Mrs. Doubtfire, Mars Attacks!, The Matador
What he has to say about Billy: “Billy, he’s a rogue, he’s an outsider. He’s a kind of lost soul. He and his wife are not who they say they are. They’re bank robbers, they’re thieves. They’ve lived a life that is outrageously true to their own outrageous flare of life.”
Where to follow: Twitter and Instagram

Ellen Barkin and Pierce Brosnan in ‘The Out-Laws’

Lilly (Ellen Barkin) and Billy (Pierce Brosnan) in The Out-Laws.

 

Ellen Barkin

Who she plays: Ghost Bandit Lilly McDermott
What to know: Barkin won a Tony Award for her Broadway debut in The Normal Heart.
Where you’ve seen her: Diner, Switch, Ocean’s Thirteen, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, Animal Kingdom, The New Normal, Poker Face
What she has to say about leaning into action: “I liked [the script] because [Lilly] was, on some levels, the strong silent type. She does less of the talking and a lot of the fighting, as does Pierce of course. I love Pierce and I knew him before, so I was happy to work with him.”
Where to follow: Twitter 

Adam Devine and Nina Dobrev in ‘The Out-Laws’

Owen (Adam Devine) and Parker (Nina Dobrev) in The Out-Laws.

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Nina Dobrev

Who she plays: Parker, Billy and Lilly’s daughter and Owen’s fiancée
What to know: Dobrev previously starred alongside Devine in The Final Girls.  
Where you’ve seen her: The Vampire Diaries, Away from Her, Dog Days, Degrassi: The Next Generation, Chloe, Flatliners, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
What she has to say about having bank robbers as parents: “What I liked about [Parker] is that she’s got an edge to her yet she’s sort of trying to be a more reformed version of her parents. You either go one way and become exactly like your parents, or you sort of try to do the opposite and be completely different than whatever your upbringing was.”
Where to follow: Twitter and Instagram

Adam Devine, Richard Kind, and Julie Hagerty in ‘The Out-Laws’

Neil (Richard Kind) and Margie (Julie Hagerty) in The Out-Laws.

 

Julie Hagerty

Who she plays: Owen’s well-meaning mother, Margie
What to know: Hagerty is a comedy icon for her roles in films like Airplane! and Lost in America.
Where you’ve seen her: Marriage Story, What About Bob?, Noelle, Black Monday, Malcolm in the Middle, She’s the Man
What her co-stars have to say about working with her: “I think Julie Hagerty is the funniest person in the world.” — Ellen Barkin
“In between [takes] I just parked my chair right between Julie and Richard.” — Nina Dobrev

Richard Kind and Julie Hagerty in ‘The Out-Laws’

Neil (Richard Kind) and Margie (Julie Hagerty) in The Out-Laws.

 

Richard Kind

Who he plays: Owen’s equally well-meaning father, Neil
What to know: Kind is a Tony Award nominee for his performance in 2013’s The Big Knife revival.
Where you’ve seen him: A Serious Man, Mad About You, Spin City, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Inside Out, Argo, Tick, Tick… Boom!, Beau is Afraid, Big Mouth
What his co-stars have to say about working with him: 
“If I ever get any work done I’ll have to send my bill to him, because of the laugh lines that I acquired after shooting this movie, just talking to him in-between takes.” — Nina Dobrev
“I can barely keep a straight face even saying, ‘Hello Richard.’ ” — Ellen Barkin
“When Workaholics first kind of popped off, Blake Anderson and I rented a house in the Hollywood Hills and just partied way too much. And [Richard] was our neighbor, and he hated us because we were making so much noise. And then, when he signed on to do the movie, I brought that up, and he was like, ‘So that was you?’ He was like, ‘I thought you were some YouTube kid.’ ” — Adam Devine
Where to follow: Twitter and Instagram

Michael Rooker in ‘The Out-Laws’

Agent Oldham (Michael Rooker) interrogates Owen (Adam Devine) in The Out-Laws.

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Michael Rooker

Who he plays: FBI agent Roger Oldham, who’s on the trail of the Ghost Bandits
What to know: Rooker is perhaps best known for his ongoing collaboration with Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn; to date, he has appeared in all six of Gunn’s films.
Where you’ve seen him: Days of Thunder, Mississippi Burning, The Walking Dead, Cliffhanger, Tombstone, JFK, Eight Men Out
Where to follow: Instagram

Poorna Jagannathan as Rehan in ‘The Out-Laws’

Rehan (Poorna Jagannathan) and Parker (Nina Dobrev) in The Out-Laws.

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Poorna Jagannathan

Who she plays: Rehan, the Ghost Bandits’ rival and Parker’s kidnapper
What to know: Jagannathan also plays Nalini’s mother on popular Netflix comedy Never Have I Ever
Where you’ve seen her: The Night Of, Mile 22, Defending Jacob, Better Call Saul, Big Little Lies
Where to follow: Twitter and Instagram

Lil Rel Howery as Tyree in ‘The Out-Laws’

Tyree (Lil Rel Howery) in The Out-Laws.

 

Lil Rel Howery

Who he plays: Owen’s bank co-worker Tyree
What to know: Howery played the iconic role of TSA officer Rod in Get Out. 
Where you’ve seen him: Bad Trip, Rel, Free Guy, Uncle Drew, Judas and the Black Messiah, Good Boys, Tag, A Black Lady Sketch Show, Poker Face
Where to follow: Twitter and Instagram

Blake Anderson as RJ in ‘The Out-Laws’

RJ (Blake Anderson) in The Out-Laws.

 

Blake Anderson

Who he plays: Owen’s paramedic cousin RJ
What to know: Anderson co-starred with Devine on Workaholics — and, yes, was his roommate during their stint as Richard Kind’s annoying neighbors.
Where you’ve seen him: Game Over, Man!, The Package, Voltron: Legendary Defender, Parks and Recreation, Woke
Where to follow: Twitter and Instagram

Lauren Lapkus as Phoebe in ‘The Out-Laws’

Owen (Adam Devine) and Phoebe (Lauren Lapkus) in The Out-Laws.

 

Lauren Lapkus 

Who she plays: Owen’s bank manager rival Phoebe King
What to know: Lapkus honed her improvisational skills with New York’s Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. 
Where you’ve seen her: The Wrong Missy, Jurassic World, Blended, Holmes & Watson, The Curse of Bridge Hollow, Orange Is the New Black, The Characters
What director Tyler Spindel has to say about casting her: “What’s so great about working with Lauren is that you can pitch her three different joke alts in-between takes. All she needs to do is hear it once and she will literally hit them perfectly on the next take, great timing and remember exactly the joke you said word for word. Her brain is just off the charts. She’s probably a genius.”
Where to follow: Instagram

Lil Rel Howery and Laci Mosley in ‘The Out-Laws’

Tyree (Lil Rel Howery) and Marisol (Laci Mosley) in The Out-Laws.

 

Laci Mosley

Who she plays: Marisol, another bank co-worker of Owen’s
What to know: Mosley also hosts a podcast about the history of fraud called Scam Goddess.
Where you’ve seen her: A Black Lady Sketch Show, iCarly, Single Parents, Kenan, Lopez vs Lopez
Where to follow: Twitter and Instagram

 

 

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