Ryan Kwanten to Star in Charles Manson Film

True Blood star Ryan Kwanten will shed the “aw-shucks” image of Jason Stackhouse in an upcoming project: starring as serial killer Charles Manson in The Family. At a press day for his new film Red Hill, which opens November 5, Ryan revealed that he was attached to play the lead role in the film currently in development.

Ryan says he wants to “bring a whole new dimension to Manson,” the man who used his charisma to convince people to commit unspeakable atrocities. Ryan is also revealed that Brad Anderson, who directed Christian Bale in the disturbing film The Machinist, is attached to direct. And as if he weren’t busy enough, Ryan also revealed that the is attached to produce and act in the Australian film The Twenty-Something Survival Guide.