The Last Thing He Wanted

 is a British-American political thriller movie directed, co-produced and co-written by Dee Rees. It premiered on the Sundance Film Festival on January 27, 2020, and then was released on Netflix on February 21, 2020. It is based on the book of the same name by Joan Didion, from a screenplay by Rees and Marco Villalobos.

Summary
"A hard-hitting reporter becomes entangled in the story she’s trying to break when she helps her ailing father broker an arms deal in Central America."

- Official Netflix synopsis

Cast and Characters

 * Anne Hathaway as Elena McMahon
 * Ben Affleck as Treat Morrison
 * Rosie Perez as Alma Guerrero
 * Willem Dafoe as Dick McMahon
 * Edi Gathegi as Jones
 * Mel Rodriguez as Barry Sedlow
 * Onata Aprile as Cat McMahon
 * Toby Jones as Paul Schuster
 * Carlos Leal as Max Epperson aka Bob Weir
 * Ben Chase as Max Berquist
 * Julian Gamble as Secretary George Shultz
 * Robert Sedgwick as Stuart James
 * Bill Kelly as General Gus Sharp
 * David Vadim as Buck Pearson
 * César Galindez as Red Truck Driver