American Gods’ Ricky Whittle Joins Sanaa Lathan In ‘Nappily Ever After’Posted by Wilson Morales
September 7, 2017
Source: Deadline
Deadline is reporting that American Gods’ Ricky Whittle has been added to the cast of the Netflix original film Nappily Ever After, an adaptation of the best-selling novel of the same name by Trisha R. Thomas.
He joins previously announced Sanaa Lathan, Ernie Hudson, and Lynn Whitfield in the film.
Nappily Ever After centers on Violet Jones (Lathan), who has a seemingly flawless life until an accident at the hair dresser causes things in her life to unravel and she begins to realize that she was living the life she thought she was supposed to live, not the one that she really wanted. She starts to put the pieces back together with a little help from a soulful barber and his young daughte.r. Violet finds the courage to cast off some of the things that she didn’t really need, starting with the perfectly straightened hair, and find a life that has real meaning.
Hudson portrays Lathan’s father, Richard, who makes big change in his life to become a male model. Whitfield plays Violet’s mother, Paulette.
Whittle will play Clint, a doctor from London who has a long-term relationship with Violet. The duo separate when Whittle’s character begins to feel he doesn’t really know Violet, no matter how close they are or want to be.
Tina Chism drafted the script with rewrites from Lisa Loomer, Adam Brooks and most recently filmmaker Gina Prince-Bythewood.
Directing the film will be Haifaa Al-Mansour, who made her feature directorial debut with “Wadjda.” “Wadjda” was nominated for best foreign language film at the 2014 BAFTAs.
Tina Chism drafted the script with rewrites from Lisa Loomer, Adam Brooks and most recently filmmaker Gina Prince-Bythewood
Marc Platt, Tracey Bing, Jared Leboff, and Lathan are producing. Benedict Carver, Vincent Cirrincione, and Mark Moran are exec producing.
Whittle just finished Season 1 of Starz’s American Gods.
