Vanessa Hudgens To Star In DC Comics Workplace Sitcom POWERLESS
The first major casting addition has been made to Powerless, the upcoming DC Comics sitcom from Warner Bros. and NBC. That's High School Musical and Spring Breakers star Vanessa Hudgens...
TV Line reveals that Vanessa Hudgens has landed the lead role in the pilot episode of NBC's DC Comics comedy Powerless. The site adds that the actress will be playing Emily Locke, "a claims adjuster who loves her job because she gets to help people, but who is increasingly exasperated by the disruptive antics of the various Super Heroes that proliferate in her city." Hudgens recently received praise for her performance in Grease: Live, something which was extremely impressive considering the fact that her father suddenly passed away just hours beforehand.
Described as The Office with superheroes, it's gong to be set firmly in the DC Universe and is being written by Ben Queen (Cars 2). The official description reveals that it's set in a world, "full of superheroes, villains and people just like us." It adds that Powerless is going to be, "an office comedy about the exceedingly average employees at an insurance company and their quest to find their own power." Whether we'll see any familiar heroes and villains show up remains to be seen, but this definitely has some potential, and will likely air on NBC this Fall if things go well.
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