Hendricks the Latest Actor to Go For a “Drive”

Christina Hendricks (”Mad Men”) is going for a ride with Ryan Gosling and Carey Mulligan, inking a deal to star in indie pic “Drive.” Albert Brooks, Bryan Cranston and Oscar Isaacs also star. Nicolas Winding Refn (”Bronson,” “Pusher”) is directing the action thriller, from Bold Films, OddLot Entertainment and Marc Platt Prods. Based on James Sallis’ crime novel of the same name and adapted by scribe Hossein Amini, “Drive” revolves around a Hollywood stunt driver (Gosling) who moonlights as a getaway driver in L.A.’s criminal underworld. He finds himself a target after agreeing to aid the ex-con boyfriend of his beautiful neighbor (Mulligan) in a job that goes dangerously awry. The only way he can keep her safe and stay alive is to do what he does best: drive.
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