‘Immigrant’: Quentin Plair & Nicola Peltz Join Kumail Nanjiani In Hulu Limited Series, Matt Shakman To Direct
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Quentin Plair (The Good Lord Bird) is set to recur opposite Kumail Nanjiani and Nicola Peltz (Transformers: Age of Extinction) will guest star in Hulu limited series Immigrant (working title), from Pam & Tommy creator Robert Siegel.
Additionally, WandaVision and The Great director/executive producer Matt Shakman has joined as director and executive producer.
He replaces originally announced Ramin Bahrani ahead of the series’ start of production.Written and executive produced by Siegel, Immigrant (wt) is the true story of Somen “Steve” Banerjee (Nanjiani), the Indian-American entrepreneur who started Chippendales.
The series will detail the insane, darkly comedic, crime-ridden story behind the unique male revue that became a cultural phenomenon.Plair will play Otis, the sole black dancer at Chippendales’ LA outpost until a dramatic falling-out with its owner Steve Banerjee (Nanjiani) over the club’s questionable admission policies regarding race.Peltz will portray Dorothy Stratten.
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