This casting news is making us squeamish!
Cate BlanchettIFC/AMC Series Season 4: She will be joining the IFC/AMC series Now Documentary!, co-created by Fred Armisen, Bill Hader, Seth Meyers and Rhys Thomas. Blanchett will star opposite Killing Eve‘s Harriet Waller in the episode “Two Hairdressers in Bagglyport,” a comedic take on the documentaries 3 Salons at the SeasideAnd The September Issue. Waller will play a salon owner, with Blanchett playing her employee, as they prepare for their yearly look-book.
And fans of the emotional documentary My Octopus Teacher will notice some similarities in the episode “My Monkey Grifter,” starring The Afterparty‘s Jamie Demetriou. According to AMC, “My Monkey Grifter” follows a “filmmaker who forms a deep, emotionalAnd financially taxing relationship with a monkey who may have ulterior motives.”
Trystan Gravelle, Jonathan PryceAnd John Rhys DaviesIn “How They Threw Rocks,” he will also star. The remake follows the tradition of “How They Threw Rocks.” Spike Lee movie We Were KingsBut it is set in Wales.