As you might imagine, Alison Brie will play that actress, Ruth, whose goals of being rich and famous don’t quite coincide with the hairspray-and-leotard-filled world of women’s wrestling.
Her next project could be one of the most interesting, as she’s been tapped to lead Netflix’s upcoming comedy G.L.O.W., which is based on the 1980s Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling.
Based on the real-life female pro wrestling league, G.L.O.W. will take place in Los Angeles and will present a fictionalized angle of an actress who can’t find any work and gives it one last shot through the Gorgeous Ladies’ weekly syndicated TV series (which ran through the late 1980s).
While it’s unfortunate that networks and streaming services haven’t been interested in putting forth the effort to make Community Season 7 a real thing, we can at least give thanks that actress Alison Brie hasn’t had any trouble finding new (and usually hilarious) gigs to keep her fans rabid.