Hunter Parrish, the Weeds star who’s currently knocking ’em dead on Broadway in the musical Spring Awakening, has just joined the cast of Paper Man, an intriguing and well-cast indie comedy from husband-and-wife team, Kieran and Michelle Mulroney.
Parrish will the working-class teenage boyfriend of Emma Stone’s character, a Long Island high school student who strikes up an unlikely friendship with Jeff Daniels’ failed author, much to the chagrin of his long-suffering wife (Lisa Kudrow) and, um, his imaginary superhero friend (Ryan Reynolds).
The Mulroneys are, of course, the writers of the long-gestating Justice League Of America movie, which means that the superhero element now makes sense - as does the presence of Reynolds, long tipped to be the Flash.
But this sounds like a quirky and potentially intriguing dramedy, well worth keeping an eye on. Our imaginary investigative journalist friend is already on it.