
Adam Driver will star as Otis Lloyd Wardell in Heat 2, a chilling character: a serial rapist and psychopathic killer who leads a dangerous group of home invaders. The film, based on Michael Mann’s novel, jumps between 1988 and 2000, showing Wardell’s significant conflict with Robert De Niro’s character, McCauley, and how that encounter shapes McCauley’s personality in the original Heat movie. Wardell’s case is also the reason Hanna leaves the Chicago Police Department. He’s a central figure in the 2000 Los Angeles scenes with Shiherlis and Hanna, and his story is what drives the film’s dual timeline structure.