Rebecca Mader Joins Goats Cast

Rebecca Mader has landed the lead female role in Men Who Stare at Goats, joining George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Kevin Spacey and Jeff Bridges.

Goats is set in Iraq and centers on Bob Wilton (McGregor), a desperate reporter who stumbles upon the story of a lifetime when he meets Lyn Cassady (Clooney), who claims to be a former secret U.S. military psychic soldier who was reactivated after 9/11.

Mader, best know for her role on ABC’s Lost, will play McGregor’s wife. Bridges play Bill Django, the founder of the psychic soldier program and Lyn’s mentor. Spacey plays Larry Hooper, a former psychic soldier who is running a prison camp in Iraq.

The film is based on the Jon Ronson novel. Grant Heslov, who co-wrote Good Night, and Good Luck with Clooney, is directing from a script by Peter Straughan (How to Lose Friends and Alienate People).

Production is scheduled to begin this month.