Jenny Slate has reportedly joined the cast of FX’s and 20th Television’s new limited series Dying for Sex, according to Deadline.
- Slate will star in Dying for Sex, opposite Michelle Williams, who will also produce.
- The series and Williams’ involvement were originally reported back in November.
- In the series, Slate will star as Nikki, who is described as joyful and life-affirming.
- Dying for Sex is based on the hit Wondery podcast and is the story of Molly, (Williams), a woman diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer who leaves her husband of 15 years and begins to explore her sexuality. She gets the courage and support to go on this adventure from her best friend Nikki, who stays by her side all the way to the very end.
- Nikki agrees to be Molly’s caretaker on her journey of sexual exploration in the face of death.
- Dying for Sex comes from writers Liz Meriwether and Kim Rosenstock, director Leslye Headland and 20th Television.
- Meriwether and Rosenstock will also serve as showrunners and executive produce with Headland, Meriwether’s longtime collaborator Katherine Pope, Nikki Boyer, host and co-creator of the Dying for Sex podcast, and Wondery’s Jen Sargent, Marshall Lewy, Aaron Hart and Hernan Lopez.
- Slate is known roles in series like Parks and Recreation and Bob’s Burgers, as well as films like Zootopia and Everything, Everywhere All at Once.
- She also co-created the Academy Award-nominated Marcel The Shell With Shoes On.