It remains a pop cultural crime that the talents of Nick Offerman as Ron f*****g Swanson and the rest of the Parks and Recreation team aren’t appreciated to the same level as other sitcoms. But now the wider world will get a chance to experience his skills as he and real-life wife Megan Mullally have joined the cast of comedy Gay Dude.
Nicholas Braun, soon to be seen over here in Kevin Smith’s **Red State, **and Hunter Cope are starring as two best friends who make a pact to help each other lose their virginity before their senior prom. But then things take a turn when Cope’s Matty tells Braun’s Michael that he’s gay.
Offerman is on to play Braun’s father, while Gary Cole will be Cope’s conservative patriarch. Mullally is playing his mother, while The Hurt Locker’s Brian Geraghty is on to play his annoying older brother.
The Parks and Rec connection goes further as Alan Yang, who is usually found toiling away on the show wrote the script, which landed on the Blacklist. That, combined with the solid cast, makes us think this could rise above the subject matter. Chris Nelson is already calling the shots on the movie.