EXCLUSIVE: Deadline has your first look at Rose Byrne’s transformation into an Elvis impersonator for Seriously Red, a musical comedy set to make its world premiere in Narrative Feature Competition at the SXSW Film Festival on March 13.The film from director Gracie Otto (Under the Volcano) finds Red (Krew Boylan) at a crossroads in her life.
A vivacious and hilarious redhaired woman grappling with high expectations and low self-esteem, she pours herself a cup of ambition and trades her 9 to 5 career in real estate for a life under the spotlight as a Dolly Parton impersonator.
After misreading her work party’s dress code, Red tumbles out of bed into a new world of tribute artists and impersonators in her wild and messy journey, romancing a Kenny Rogers impersonator and looking to lose herself, so that she may ultimately find herself.Seriously Red also stars Bobby Cannavale (Blue Jasmine) and Daniel Webber (The Dirt).
Boylan (Primal) penned the script for the feature produced with the full support of Parton and her manager Danny Nozell, which features a catalogue of her greatest hits.
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