EXCLUSIVE: Andy Richter (Conan) and former professional wrestler Kevin Nash (The Punisher) are the newest additions to the cast of Caroline, the dramedy marking the feature directorial debut of Outer Range actress Morningstar Angeline, on which we were first to report.
They join an ensemble that also includes Teri Polo, James Udom, Davida Williams, and Sa’Raya Paris Johnson.
The film follows 11-year-old Caroline (Johnson), a clever, sharp-eyed girl navigating a life of excitement and peril as a shoplifter with her mom Jocelyn (Williams). When Caroline;s estranged father Corey (Udom) — a charming, small-town con artist — gets out of prison and re-enters their lives, things briefly seem to settle. But when the family is threatened over a debt they can’t repay, their fragile peace falters. Desperation drives Caroline and her mom into one last, ill-fated heist.
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Richter will play Norman Montana, a well-meaning but deeply insecure and jittery small-town public defender. Nash plays Marcus, a longtime friend of Corey and former accomplice who has since traded crime for the more grounded life of a construction worker and owner of a small contracting company.
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Angeline is directing from a script by novelist Daniel Blum (The Feet Say Run). Rob Goodrich and Jason Armstrong are producing under their Walk Like A Duck Entertainment banner, along with Ellyn Vander Wyden (Voices Carry). Production starts in Syracuse at the end of May.
Best known as the sidekick to Conan O’Brien on talk shows Late Night, The Tonight Show, and Conan, Richter has guest-starred in popular shows such as Arrested Development and Hulu’s Love, Victor, and can be heard as the voice of Mort in DreamWorks’ Madagascar films, as well as in the Nickelodeon series Penguins of Madagascar. He is repped by Brillstein Entertainment Partners, Gersh, and The Walerstein Group.
Formerly wrestling in the WCW and WWE, Nash has since transitioned to film and TV while helming the podcast KLIQ THIS. Notable film credits include Dog, John Wick, Magic Mike, Magic Mike XL, The Longest Yard, and The Punisher, to name just a few. He is repped by Media Artists Group, Braverman Bloom Co., and Tough Talent.