Michael Zegen, plays Joel in Amy Sherman-Palladino’s new comedy series, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” Photo courtesy of Amazon Studios. Michael Zegen, who plays Joel Maisel, the estranged husband of the title character in “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” will star opposite Drew Barrymore in “The Stand-in,” a “The Prince and the Pauper” meets “All About Eve” romantic comedy.
According to Deadline Hollywood, Barrymore will play the dual roles of Candy, a washed up comedy star who gets busted for tax evasion, and Paula, the stand-in she enlists to do community service, among other things, in her place. But the plan backfires when Paula takes over her life.
Zegen will portray Steve, an aspiring novelist who begins an online relationship with Candy, but soon becomes the third point in a triangle with both women.
Jamie Babbit (“But I’m a Cheerleader”) will direct the film, which Barrymore’s Flower Films is producing with The Exchange.
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