Benito Skinner recalled Charli XCX enjoying her visitor function on his upcoming comedy collection “Overcompensating,” saying it was “so insane.”
“I used to be so happy with her,” Skinner informed me at GQ’s Males of the 12 months occasion on Nov. 14 in Los Angeles. “She got here on set and he or she was completely unbelievable and he or she blew everybody away. However the truth that she did [‘Overcompensating’] whereas additionally touring the world and doing the Sweat tour, it was insane. We’re so fortunate to have her within the present.”
Earlier than her look on the Amazon present was introduced in October, it was revealed that the “Brat” hitmaker could be producing unique music for the collection, which follows the faculty lifetime of a closeted former highschool soccer participant and homecoming king (Skinner). The solid additionally consists of Wally Baram, Mary Beth Barone, Adam DiMarco and Rish Shah as collection regulars, with Connie Britton, Kyle MacLachlan, Kaia Gerber, Julia Shiplett, Tommy Do, Alexandra Beaton, Claire Qute, Elias Azimi and Maddie Phillips enjoying recurring roles.
Skinner teased Charli XCX’s efficiency within the collection, saying it’s “not what you’d anticipate.” He added, “I believe her followers and individuals are gonna actually adore it.”
“Overcompensating” doesn’t have a premiere date but, however, in response to Skinner, the present “comes out very soonish.”
Apart from “Overcompensating,” Charli XCX’s upcoming display screen credit embody three movies: the Gregg Araki thriller “I Need Your Intercourse,” starring Olivia Wilde and Cooper Hoffman; Daniel Goldhaber’s remake of 1978’s “Faces of Dying,” starring Barbie Ferreira; and Julia Jackman’s graphic novel adaptation “100 Nights of Hero,” starring Emma Corrin and Maika Monroe.
