Wendell pierce & jurnee smollett-bell lead ‘one last thing’; donna lynne champlin up for ‘downsizing’

Wendell Pierce, Jurnee Smollett-Bell Top 'One Last Thing'; 'Downsizing' Adds One You will be redirected back to your article in seconds Skip to main content April 6, 2016

5:48pm SERVICES TO SHARE THIS PAGE. WENDELL PIERCE (_The Odd Couple, Tremé_) and JURNEE SMOLLETT-BELL (_Underground, True Blood_) are set to star in _One Last Thing_, an indie drama from

writer-director Tim Rouhana. The pic from Beech Hill Films and Low Profile Films follows a lonely Florida dentist (Pierce) whose days are filled by work and his solo daily golf game. When he

is confronted by a figure from the past bringing news that he has an adult daughter (Smollett-Bell) living in Brooklyn, he begins an eventful journey outside of his comfort zone. Pierce is

a regular on CBS’ The Odd Couple, whose second season premieres Thursday, and also starred on HBO’s _Tremé and The Wire. _Other recent credits include Suits and Ray Donovan. Pierce is repped

by Paradigm and Essential Talent Management. Smollett-Bell stars on WGN America’s new drama _Underground_ and has appeared on such shows as_ True Blood, Parenthood, The Defenders _and_

Friday Night Lights. _Repped by ICM Partners and Storefront Entertainment, she next appears in the features _Hands of Stone _and_ Audrey’s Run._ Donna Lynne Champlin (_Crazy Ex-Girlfriend_)

has booked a role in _Downsizing_, Alexander Payne’s film for Paramount Pictures about a man who joins the throngs of people undergoing a new process that reduces them to a tiny fraction of

their size. Matt Damon, Kristen Wiig, Christoph Waltz and Hong Chau star. No details on Champlin’s character. She co-stars on the CW’s _Crazy Ex-Girlfriend_, and other credits include

Birdman, Younger and The Good Wife. She next appears in the Public Theater’s all-female production of_ The Taming of the Shrew,_ which opens May 24 at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park.

She’s repped by Talent House and Forward Entertainment. WATCH ON DEADLINE Comments JavaScript is required to load the comments. MARKETPLACE SITE ad