Kevin Smith Finds His Lead for Hit Somebody

Kevin Smith (who has been busy of late with next feature Red State) has been talking on his podcast about the lead he’s cast in his long-in-gestation hockey comedy Hit Somebody.

The director originally wanted Seann William Scott for the role but has settled on a younger actor by the name of Nicholas Braun instead. 22 year-old Braun probably won’t be recognisable over this side of the pond, but he had a part in superhero high school comedy Sky High, and he’s the male lead in the (yet unseen in the UK) ABC TV family series Ten Things I Hate About You – a spin-off from the 1999 feature of the same name.

The director claims that Braun “is the perfect lead”, having discovered him when he was cast in a small part in Red State.

Hit Somebody is scheduled to begin filming sometime next summer.