Overview
- Late-August set photos from Bay Ridge, Brooklyn circulated online showing Davidson in a dark wig, heavy prosthetics and striking blue contacts, and the images have gone viral with widespread social-media reaction.
- The film, titled Tommy Karate, is actively in production under director Justin Chon and the photos offer a behind-the-scenes look rather than final movie visuals.
- Davidson is not only starring but also credited as a producer and co-writer, and he has said the project is a multi-year passion he has worked on for more than three years.
- Tommy Karate adapts Philip Carlo’s 2009 book The Butcher and is reported to include Camila Mendes, Paul Walter Hauser and Simon Rex in its ensemble cast.
- The public reaction highlights Davidson’s deliberate shift from comedy to serious drama and will likely raise attention and scrutiny of how the film portrays the real-life mob enforcer Thomas “Tommy Karate” Pitera.