Hopper, Fisk cast in Gus Van Sant film

By Borys Kit

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Dennis Hopper's son Henry Hopper and Schuyler Fisk, daughter of Sissy Spacek, are joining the cast of an untitled drama from filmmaker Gus Van Sant.

Hopper will star opposite Mia Wasikowska in the film, which is being produced by Bryce Dallas Howard; her father, Ron Howard; and Brian Grazer.

Also boarding the movie are Chin Han, Ryo Kase and Jane Adams. Formerly known as "Restless," the drama revolves around a teenage boy and girl (Wasikowska) who share a preoccupation with mortality.

In his first starring role, Hopper is playing the boy, who is trying to get over the death of his parents. Fisk will play Wasikowska's sister.

Chin Han plays a doctor treating Wasikowska, and Kase is a spirit of a World War II kamikaze pilot who regularly visits the boy. Adams plays the boy's aunt.

Rookie screenwriter Jason Lew, who attended film school with the younger Howard, wrote the screenplay, developing it from a play he wrote.

"It captures the profoundly defining turning point of a young person's life with stark realism, irreverent humor and intense emotion," Bryce Dallas Howard said of the story. "I think that Gus was drawn to this story because he has an uncanny ability to convey the complexities of youth and outsiders, and this is, above all else, the journey of an outsider."

Van Sant's films include "Drugstore Cowboy," "My Own Private Idaho," "Elephant" and "Paranoid Park."

Hopper's only acting credit is "Kiss & Tell," in which he appeared at age 6. He was set to star in Wes Craven's "My Soul to Take" but had to bow out when he contracted mononucleosis.

Fisk most recently appeared in the 2006 indie film "I'm Reed Fish" with Jay Baruchel.

Chin Han, a veteran actor-producer in his native Singapore, might be best known in the English-speaking world for playing gangster Lau in "The Dark Knight." He appears in Roland Emmerich's "2012."

Kase has numerous acting credits in his native Japan and appeared in Clint Eastwood's "Letters From Iwo Jima."

Adams appears in HBO's "Hung."