michael pitt played kuze in ghost in the shell (2017 film).
who plays kuze in ghost in the shell (2017 film)?
michael pitt
on september 3, 2014, margot robbie was reported as being in early talks for the lead role. on october 16, it was announced that dreamworks had made a $10 million offer to scarlett johansson for the lead role, after robbie had chosen to play harley quinn in "suicide squad" instead. in may 2015, paramount pictures agreed to co-produce and co-finance the film. on november 10, 2015, pilou asbæk was cast in the role of batou. according to "thewrap", matthias schoenaerts was previously circling the role that went to asbæk. on november 19, 2015, it was reported that sam riley was in early talks to play the villain role kuze, leader of dangerous criminals and extremists, though on february 4, 2016, "variety" reported that michael pitt had entered talks for the role. on march 3, 2016, "thewrap" reported that japanese actor takeshi kitano had been cast as daisuke aramaki, the founder and leader of the elite unit section 9, tasked with protecting the world from the most dangerous technological threats.
ghost in the shell (2017 film)
kuze tracks down section 9's hanka consultant, dr. dahlin, and kills her. the team links her murder to the deaths of other senior company researchers and realize that ouelet is the next target. kuze takes control of two sanitation workers and sends them to kill ouelet. batou, now with cybernetic eyes, kills one while the repaired killian subdues the other. while they interrogate the worker, kuze speaks through him before compelling him to commit suicide. togusa traces the hack to a secret location, where the team discovers a large number of humans mentally linked as a makeshift signal network. killian is captured and kuze reveals that he is a failed hanka test subject from the same project that created killian. he urges her to question her own memories, then frees her and escapes.
ghost in the shell (2017 film)