Orange Is the New Black star Natasha Lyonne has become the latest name to sign on to Netflix’s original movie A Futile and Stupid Gesture, director David Wain’s (Wet Hot American Summer) biopic of National Lampoon co-founder Doug Kenney.
Variety reports that Lyonne is set to play one of the writers on the humour magazine, which became a major force during the 1970s.
Will Forte (Nebraska) leads the cast as Kenney alongside Joel McHale (Community) as Chevy Chase, Domnhall Gleeson (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) as Henry Beard, Thomas Lennon (I Love You, Man) as Michael O’Donoghue, Seth Green (Family Guy) as Christopher Guest, Rick Glassman (Undateable) as Harold Ramis and Jon Daly (Zoolander 2) as Bill Murray.
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Originally published April 13, 2016. Updated April 15, 2018.
