EXCLUSIVE: Taylor Russell has exited The Thomas Crown Affair, the Michael B. Jordan-directed reimagining of the classic Steve McQueen film. Sources said the exit was due to creative differences. The studio is recasting the role as production continues in London.
Russell was set opposite Jordan in the role of an insurance investigator who suspects that an adventurous banking executive is pulling off ambitious heists, and they develop sparks between them. That role was played by Faye Dunaway opposite McQueen in the 1968 original, and by Rene Russo opposite Pierce Brosnan in the 1999 version.
Russell will next be seen starring in the Korean thriller Hope by Na Hong-jin opposite Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander and Hoyeon. She can also be seen opposite David Johnson in the upcoming Frank Ocean film, and she’s in talks to star in a remake of Single White Female opposite Jenna Ortega for Sony and Elizabeth Gabler’s 3000 Pictures. She made her stage debut recently in the Jamie Lloyd-directed revival of the Lucy Prebble play The Effect. She had a breakout turn opposite Timothée Chalamet in the Luca Guadagnino-directed Bones and All, winning the Marcello Mastroianni Award for Emerging Actress at Venice.
She’s also a director who made her debut co-directing The Heart Still Hums, which won Best Documentary Short at the Palm Springs ShortFest. She’s repped by UTA and attorney James Feldman.
Jordan stars in The Thomas Crown Affair alongside Kenneth Branagh, Lily Gladstone, Danai Gurira, Pilou Asbaek and Aiysha Hart. Jordan and Elizabeth Raposo are producing for Outlier Society alongside Charles Roven at Atlas Entertainment. Drew Pearce wrote the script, with previous drafts by Wes Tooke and Justin Britt-Gibson. Patrick McCormick and Toberoff Productions’ Marc Toberoff are also producing and Alan Trustman, who wrote the McQueen original, is an executive producer.
The film will hold its March 5, 2027 theatrical release date.
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