By Ben Pearson/May 6, 2021 3:00 pm EST
Ali Wong, the comedian/actress/writer/producer behind the 2019 Netflix comedy Always Be My Maybe, is the latest addition to the Paper Girls cast, where she’ll be playing one of the lead roles. Read on for the plot details about the series.
Wong, whose other credits include Fresh Off the Boat, Tuca & Bertie, Onward, Big Mouth, and American Housewife, is set to play the adult version of Erin, who comes face to face with her 12-year-old younger self. That’s when the two Erins “are forced to confront the gap between their childhood hopes, dreams, ambitions and the reality of their grown-up life.” In the comics, adult Erin is unmarried, struggles with anxiety, and still works at the same newspaper where young Erin recently started her paper route. Doesn’t sound like a terrible life to me! But this is classic time travel drama: expectations vs. reality, determinism vs. a “no fate but what we make” mentality, and maybe even some tinges of tragedy and confusion, all set against an exciting science fiction backdrop of an interplanetary war. I’ve read the first trade paperback of this series and it’s wonderful, so I’m very much looking forward to this adaptation.
