Edwina Thompson Joins Odie as Angela, With Several More Added to the Cast

As Odie moves further into pre-production, we’re excited to announce Edwina Thompson in the role of Angela, one of the film’s most important characters.

Angela is not an easy part to pull off. She has lived hard, adapted hard, and learned to move through the world with a level of toughness that can read as control, self-protection, or calculation depending on the moment. She is independent in the purest sense of the word, not because life rewarded her for it, but because it left her with little choice. The role needs someone who can carry that history without flattening her into a type, and Edwina has the weight and instinct to make Angela feel like a person rather than an idea.

That mattered to us early. Odie depends on people who feel as though they existed before the camera found them. Angela especially has to arrive with a life already in progress, with her own logic, her own damage, and her own way of getting through the day. Edwina brings a grounded screen presence to that kind of character, along with the emotional control the role requires. Her previous credits include A Violent World, Driven, and Anderson County, and she comes into the film with a strong feel for material that asks for both intensity and restraint.

Angela is a major part of what gives Odie its emotional shape. She is not there to decorate the story or simply support someone else’s arc. She has her own gravity. Her choices, her attitude, and the way she navigates survival all help define the world Odie is moving through. Getting that role right was always going to matter.

Alongside Edwina’s casting, we’re also proud to welcome several more actors to the growing ensemble of Odie.

Adrianna Baldwin has joined the cast as Clinic Receptionist.

DJ Turner has joined the cast as Paul, the Food Truck Worker.

Vanessa Campos has joined the cast as Maya.

Laura Grumbine has joined the cast as Monica.

Mary “Genie” Glade-Revelle has joined the cast as Mrs. Surtain.

Vincent Marvelli has joined the cast asTony, the Pawn Shop Worker.

Victoria Johnston has joined the cast as Shirley.

Becca Matimba has joined the cast as Whitney, the Woman in the Car.

Catherine Wilson has joined the cast as Becca, the Bike Woman.

ReAnna Brooks has joined the cast as Bobbi.

Each of these roles helps shape the world around Odie. This film depends on authenticity at every level, and that means building an ensemble that feels textured, specific, and human from top to bottom. Even brief appearances matter in a story like this. The city has to feel alive. The people Odie encounters have to feel like they existed before the scene began and continue after it ends.