Perlman & Polo Cast in Indie 'Lies We Follow'
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- Ron Perlman and Teri Polo are set to headline the indie film "Lies We Follow," directed by Aida Gevorgyan and shooting in Los Angeles.
- Perlman will play Beau, a charismatic doctor who leads the desperate mother Jamie to an isolated retreat promising "a new world" and a cure for her dying daughter Emma, "where the deeper she goes, the harder it becomes to tell healing from control."
- Polo is cast as Margaret, Beau's lieutenant in his cult operation who also connects to Jamie's plight.
- Polo next appears in November's "Focker-in-Law" opposite Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, and Ariana Grande, and previously starred in the $1B-plus-grossing "Meet the Parents" franchise.
- Perlman's recent credits include AppleTV's "Cape Fear," Prime Video's "Fallout," "Hand of God," "Sons of Anarchy," the "Hellboy" films, and Jack Huston's "Day of the Fight."
- An editor's note corrects the record: Archstone Entertainment and Jack Sheehan are not involved in the project.
Why it matters: Polo's upcoming appearance in the high-profile "Focker-in-Law" alongside De Niro and Stiller gives the indie "Lies We Follow" a mainstream counterweight, while Perlman's genre pedigree across "Hellboy," "Sons of Anarchy," and "Fallout" anchors the cult-thriller premise — pairing them signals a deliberate cross-audience bet for a contained, festival-friendly project.
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