Exclusive: Dennis Haysbert Talks Suspense Thriller ‘No Exit’
Debuting February 25 on Hulu in the U.S and launching internationally as an Original on Disney+ under the Star banner and Star+ in Latin America from 20th Century Studios is the suspense thriller No Exit, starring Havana Rose Liu, Danny Ramirez (“The Falcon and the Winter Soldier,” “Top Gun: Maverick”), David Rysdahl (“Nine Days”), Dale Dickey (“Winter’s Bone), Mila Harris (“Young Dylan”) and Dennis Haysbert (“Breakthrough”).
In “No Exit,” Havana Rose Liu (“Mayday”) makes her feature film leading role debut as Darby, a young woman en route to a family emergency who is stranded by a blizzard and forced to find shelter at a highway rest area with a group of strangers. When she stumbles across an abducted girl in a van in the parking lot, it sets her on a terrifying life-or-death struggle to discover who among them is the kidnapper.
Directed by Damien Power (“Killing Ground”) from a screenplay by Andrew Barrer & Gabriel Ferrari (“Ant-Man and the Wasp”), the film was based on Taylor Adams’ 2017 novel and produced by PGA Award winner Scott Frank (“The Queen’s Gambit”.
A veteran and beloved actor who most may recognize today from Allstate commercials, but has a wide filmography ranging from "Waiting to Exhale", to playing God on Netflix's "Lucifer," Haysbert stars in the film as one of the strangers stranded by a blizzard and forced to find shelter at a highway rest area.
Blackfilmandtv.com’s Wilson Morales spoke with Haysbert on his role, his long commercial run and the projects he chooses to take.