Theo Rossi of Army of the Dead fame will star opposite Aubrey Plaza in Emily the Criminal, the independent film written and directed by John Patton Ford.

The film tells the story of Emily (Plaza), a woman drowning in debt and gets involved in a credit card scam that draws her into the criminal underworld of Los Angeles, eventually leading to fatal consequences.

Rossi will play Youcef, a Middle Eastern immigrant who has high personal ambitions. The film also stars Gina Gershon and Megalyn Echikunwoke.

Plaza is producing the film with Tyler Davidson and Drew Sykes, with Dexter Braff, Kevin Flanigan, Angus Wall, Kent Kubena, Lowell Shapiro, and Mike Dill serving as exec producers. 

Rossi is best known for his role as the menacing Hernan ‘Shades’ Alvarez in Marvel’s Luke Cage, and as the hacker and intelligence officer Juan Carlos ‘Juice’ Ortiz in FX’s Sons of Anarchy.