THE PLAYLIST: Aimee Lou Wood Joins Angelina Jolie In Buzzy Holiday Hostage Flick

Coming off the massive success of the third season of Mike White’s hit HBO series “The White Lotus,” British actress Aimee Lou Wood has nabbed a meaty role in a new hostage thriller, “Anxious People.” The drama will see her co-starring alongside Oscar-winner Angelina Jolie

“Anxious People” will be helmed by Marc Forster (“Monster’s Ball”) with a script penned by David Magee (“Life of Pi,” “A Man Called Otto”), who adapted the Fredrik Backman novel of the same name.

In the film, Wood plays a would-be bank robber who takes a group of people hostage on the day before Christmas Eve, including an investment banker played by Jolie.

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