Big news for Eric Nam stans: Deadline reports he’s in talks to join Loser, the feature adaptation of Colleen McGuinness’ award-winning short being made by Radio Silence (the duo behind recent genre hits).
Here’s what we know so far:
- Project: Loser — Colleen McGuinness is adapting, directing and producing her short into a feature. The story follows Alice, a brilliant but troubled physicist (Angourie Rice is in talks for the part) who tries to heal trauma with time travel and ends up in a violent, twisty cat-and-mouse in NYC.
- Eric Nam: He’s in talks for an undisclosed role.
- Other cast: Finn Bennett and Lukas Gage have been linked; the cast also reportedly includes Jordan Ladd, Erika Henningsen, Kathleen McNenny, Ana Y. Puig, Eric Cheung, Jerrod Haynes, Hanna Hall and newcomer Vera Briseño. Henningsen, McNenny, Briseño and Cheung are set to reprise roles from the short.
- Team: Radio Silence’s Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett are producing with McGuinness; Dan Lawler and Michael Sherman are also onboard. Casting by Findley Davidson. WME Independent and CAA are co-repping sales.
Quick fan-friendly context about Eric Nam:
- He’s known for K‑pop albums like Before We Begin, There and Back Again and House on a Hill, and has received a Time100 Impact Award and was GQ Korea’s 2016 Man of the Year.
- Eric has been pivoting into screen work: he appeared in the 2024 indie thriller Transplant and is voicing the title role in the upcoming animated The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender.
- He’s also attached to Paramount’s Untitled K‑pop Project (in production) and will appear in the new season of Peacock’s The Traitors.
No character details for Eric yet, and Angourie Rice’s Alice sounds intense — time travel + trauma + murder = prime thriller vibes. I’ll be watching for official casting confirmations and any clips or BTS. If Eric signs on, it’ll be another cool step in his growing screen career.
Source: Deadline