EXCLUSIVE: Frankie Faison and Saturday Night Live alums Alex Moffat and Heidi Gardner have joined the cast of Amazon MGM Studios’ untitled romantic comedy starring Cameron Diaz and Stephen Merchant, which the latter is directing and co-wrote with John Butler.
The pic, which is now filming, follows a workaholic Brit (Merchant) employed at an upscale New York hotel who needs a wife for appearances. He strikes a deal with a struggling stand-up comic (Diaz) who is desperate for health insurance. Their fake marriage starts as a transaction – but ends in a hilariously unexpected romance.
Faison, Moffat and Gardner join a big ensemble that includes Rob Lowe, Jake Lacy, Josh Segarra, Sherry Cola, Judith Light, Myra Lucretia Taylor, Fabrizio Guido, Lisa Gilroy and Dustin Ybarra.
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Producers are Lee Eisenberg, Merchant, and Point Grey Pictures’ Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, James Weaver
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