Roadside Attractions has unveiled the official trailer for the comedy Accidental Texan [ACTEX]. Rudy Pankow stars as a young actor who finds himself stranded in Buffalo Gap, Texas. He meets a oil driller played by Thomas Haden Church [THCHU] and helps him take on a corrupt oil company. Accidental Texan hits theaters on March 9th.
Fresh-faced recent Harvard student Erwin (Rudy Pankow) flames out of his first professional acting job when he forgets to turn off his phone and triggers an explosive nightmare on set. His career and cell phone in tatters, he flees the New Orleans set, only to have his car break down deep in the heart of Texas oil country. Seeking refuge and some possible phone service in a local diner, he meets Faye (Carrie-Anne Moss), a kind waitress who takes pity on him and offers up the local phone book to find a mechanic. Without enough funds to fix his car, Erwin accepts an offer from Merle, a local oil driller (Thomas Haden Church) only to find out he too is nearly bankrupt and cannot pay his bills. With both men in desperate straits, Merle realizes their only hope may be Erwin’s acting skills and a little help from Faye’s shotgun.