Amazon MGM Studios Rom-Com ‘You Deserve Each Other’ Adds Natalie Morales, Justin Long, Kyle MacLachlan, Ana Gasteyer & More
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key TakeawaysEXCLUSIVE: Big casting myriad sources are telling us tonight for the Amazon MGM Studios feature take of Sarah Hogle’s bestselling novel You Deserve Each Other with Natalie Morales, Justin Long, Kyle MacLachlan, Ana Gasteyer, Timothy Busfield, Hope Davis, Delaney Rowe, Lisa Gilroy and Alyssa Limperis joining already cast Penn Badgley and Meghann Fahy.
Billed as a lovers-to-enemies-to-lovers romantic comedy, You Deserve Each Other, follows Naomi Westfield who has the perfect fiancé: Nicholas Rose who holds doors open for her, remembers her restaurant orders, and comes from the kind of upstanding society family any bride would love to be a part of. They never fight. They’re preparing for their lavish wedding that’s three months away. And she is miserably and utterly sick of him.
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AdvertisementAdvertisement#«R16e4kr8lb2m7nfddbH1» iframe AdvertisementAdvertisement#«R26e4kr8lb2m7nfddbH1» iframeNaomi wants out, but there’s a catch: whoever ends the engagement will have to foot the nonrefundable wedding bill. When Naomi discovers that Nicholas, too, has been feigning contentment, the two of them go head-to-head in a battle of pranks, sabotage, and all-out emotional warfare.
But with the countdown looming to the wedding that may or may not come to pass, Naomi finds her resolve slipping. Because now that they have nothing to lose, they’re finally being themselves – and having fun with the last person they expect: each other.
Marc Silverstein and Abby Kohn are directing. They were scribes on romcomsNever Been KissedandHe’s Just Not That Into You. The two also revised the screenplay which had a first draft by Brett Haley and Marc Basch. Fifth Season is producingthe moviealongside Anthony Bregman and Peter Cron of Likely Story. EP is Caroline Jaczko.
Morales will play the role of Cassie. The Grey’s Anatomy and No Hard Feelings actress is repped by CAA, Bleecker Street Entertainment and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman, Smelkinson & Christopher.
AdvertisementAdvertisement#«R1be4kr8lb2m7nfddbH1» iframe AdvertisementAdvertisement#«R2be4kr8lb2m7nfddbH1» iframeLong plays Austin Frazier and he’s repped by IAG. His long line of credits include Barbarian, Live Free or Die Hard, and the Alvin and the Chipmunk franchise.
MacLachlan stars on Prime Video’s series Fallout and starred on the hit ABC series Desperate Housewives, and the David Lynch canon of Blue Velvet and the Twin Peaks franchise. He’s repped by UTA and Entertainment 360. He’ll play the role of Eugene Rose.
Gasteyer is portraying Deborah Rose. The SNL alum has starred in Mean Girls and AppleTV+ series Loot, and American Auto. She is repped by Gersh and Circle Management.
Busfield is Bernie Duncan. The West Wing and Thirtysomething actor is repped by Innovative Artists.
AdvertisementAdvertisement#«R1he4kr8lb2m7nfddbH1» iframe AdvertisementAdvertisement#«R2he4kr8lb2m7nfddbH1» iframeDavis is Kathy Duncan. The UTA and Kipperman Managment repped actress’ recent credits include The Phoenician Scheme, Asteroid City, Greenland and the series Your Honor as well as HBO’s Succession.
Rowe plays Wren. The actress repped by UTA and Range Media Partners starred in The Everything Pot and The Drone.
Gilroy is Wendy Duncan in the movie. Gilroy was recently seen in AppleTV+’s The Studio, Netflix’s Black Mirror, and Hulu’s Interior Chinatown. She is repped by OPE and WME.
Limperis will portray Sofia Frazier. The Gersh and Levity Talent repped actress and comedian has a Peacock special No Bad Days and starred in Dexter: Original Sin and What We Do in Shadows.
AdvertisementAdvertisement#«R1me4kr8lb2m7nfddbH1» iframe AdvertisementAdvertisement#«R2me4kr8lb2m7nfddbH1» iframeFirst published in 2020 by Penguin imprint G.P. Putnam’s Sons, Hogle’s novel was a 2x Goodreads Choice Awards nominee, for best romance and best debut, in addition to being an Amazon Editors’ Pick for best romance.
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