Ella Purnell Joins Ari Aster's 'Scapegoat' Cast

Ari Aster has assembled a cast for Scapegoat that would draw attention even if we knew nothing else about the movie, which is convenient because details outside recent casting announcements are essentially nonexistent at this point. Scarlett Johansson, Jacob Elordi, and Jude Law are already attached to his next A24 project, which he will write and direct. What Aster has been less willing to share is what any of them will actually be doing in it.

There's no official plot description, and the title hasn't cleared up much. For now, the casting announcements are the best look we have at Aster's follow-up to Eddington. The latest update adds three more actors to the mystery, including a star currently leading one of television's biggest video game adaptations.

Ella Purnell, Caleb Landry Jones, and Samba Schutte have joined the cast of Scapegoat, according to a new report. Their roles have not been disclosed, and Aster is producing the movie alongside his longtime collaborator Lars Knudsen through Square Peg. The new additions join Johansson, Elordi, and Law, giving Scapegoat a considerable ensemble before its premise has even been confirmed.

What Do We Know About Ari Aster's 'Scapegoat'?

Purnell currently stars as Lucy MacLean in Prime Video's Fallout, where she has spent plenty of time discovering just how badly things can go outside the Vault. She also leads the dark comedy Sweetpea, appeared in Yellowjackets, and voiced Jinx in Arcane. Jones has worked with filmmakers including Jordan Peele on Get Out, Martin McDonagh on Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, and David Lynch on Twin Peaks. He is also set to appear in an upcoming A24 horror movie directed by The First Omen's Arkasha Stevenson. Schutte, meanwhile, plays Mr. Diabaté in Pluribus and previously starred in Our Flag Means Death as the crew's chef, Roach. None of their Scapegoat characters have been revealed, so those earlier roles offer little indication of how Aster plans to use them.

The movie's secrecy has produced several competing descriptions, and while none are official yet, the speculation has included a story about a doctor who operates on an internet-famous person, a sci-fi romance, and a more traditional drama. Aster has moved between horror, comedy, and political satire across Hereditary, Midsommar, Beau Is Afraid, and Eddington, so trying to pin down Scapegoat from its cast alone is a losing game.

The movie does not yet have a release date. Stay tuned with Collider for updates in the future on Scapegoat.