Maya Rudolph is “the most famous cheated-on woman on the planet” in the Loot trailer
The workplace comedy premieres on Apple TV Plus on June 24
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Maya Rudolph stars in Loot as the wealthy Molly Novak, whose fabulous life gets turned upside down when her husband John (Adam Scott) leaves her for a younger woman after 20 years of marriage. After the requisite post-breakup crying and eating candy session, she discovers that she has a long-neglected charitable foundation, which seems like the perfect way to use her $87 billion divorce settlement.
The 1o-episode Apple TV+ comedy follows Molly as she navigates the single life with the help of her assistant Nicholas (Joel Kim Booster) and the foundation’s team, played by Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, Ron Funches, and Nat Faxon. The new trailer for the series shows her searching for an identity that has nothing to do with John–and maybe even a rebound. (Funches’ character is voting for a Hemsworth.)
Loot was co-created, written, and executive produced by Alan Yang and Matt Hubbard. Rudolph previously starred in Yang’s afterlife romance series Forever alongside Fred Armisen. Yang was also a longtime writer and producer on Parks And Recreation and made his directorial feature debut with 2020's Tigertail.
More recently, Rudolph was heard reprising her Big Mouth role Connie on the spin-off Human Resources. She’ll also be back as Aunt Cass in the new Big Hero 6 followup Baymax! on Disney+ later this month.
Scott has already starred in another Apple TV+ series this year, earning raves for his nuanced performance in Severance as a widower who turns off his grief with a brain implant. However, his Loot character promises to be another memorable slimeball role for the actor, following his turns in projects like Step Brothers and The Good Place.
It’s a big month for Kim Booster. Besides Loot, the fast-rising comedian wrote and starred in the modern Pride And Prejudice adaptation Fire Island, available on Hulu today, and has the Netflix standup special Psychosexual coming up on June 21.
The first three episodes of Loot will premiere on Apple TV+ on June 24, followed by weekly installments.
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I get like eye of the beholder stuff. High class and what not. I’m too low brow to “get it.” But wtf is this dress?What even is that?
Yeah that would fit right into a ‘70s sci fi movie, right?She could walk through that scene and not be out of place at all.
Wild stuff, man.It’s like “hey, member my mamaw’s drapes? The one on her back door? What if, and I’m spitballin here, what if I just wore that shit?” “You wanna wear drapes?”“Yeah, as a dress. Obviously I’ll carry a bag and wear a belt with it.”
“What’s on the bag?”“The lips from Rocky Horror!”“Sounds amazing!”
Omg, I didn’t even notice that. Seeing the dress just caused my brain to collapse and I just tuned out.
And now I’m looking at her face, her look says “You want me to wear this wherenow??”
But we can all agree that:
Yup!
TIL maya rudolph is white
Which of course she isn’t, unless you completely take Minnie Riperton, her mother, out of the equation:
Omg, she’s totally not white. Aacksually!
The confusion this causes some people is played up in Popstar when she drops the hard R N word.
or brave new world, or zardoz.
Later, in the evening, at the moment of the eclipse, she shall be the one who selects two virgins, a boy and girl, who have “not yet seen their twentieth summer” to be sacrificed so the earth keeps turn and the yam crop is bountiful.
That could be a running joke with this series, that she’s so rich she wears cutting edge haute couture stuff that is really just terrible.
One the one hand I do think Maya Rudolph is amazing, but on the other, I so do NOT give a goddamn about this plot.
I must confess I actually didn’t bother reading about the plot. I just read “stars Maya Rudolph and Ron Funches” and thought to myself “Say no more! I’m going to watch this!”(On another note, I’m kinda sad that the Amazon show “Forever” with Maya Rudolph and Fred Armisen never found an audience …)
OK, I went back to actually read the article / watch the trailer. Her ex is played by Adam Scott – I guess that would be a third reason for me to watch this: the Good Place alternate universe spin-off I never knew I needed:
Hey let’s make a comedy out of the Mackenzie Bezo’s divorce!
My thoughts exactly, but I will give anything with Maya Rudolph a shot. Incidently I actually think Bezos’ mistress was like 2 years older than his wife.
On a FKM list, she is a marry.
You ever play FKM with a polygamist?
No…. but I hope she is high up. Ide f… regardless. But, she hits all the marks
So I guess we all know why Amazon Studios passed on this, right?
So is this based on Bezos?
So relatable…
Nat Faxon Keeping busy, man! Between Our Flag Means Death, Gaslit, and now this, Nat is in demand. … but who is going to monitor the water slide?
Oh those wacky rich people.
Yeeess Ron Funches!!!! This show looks a bit meh but I’ll check it out just for him. Also, his podcast (Gettin’ Better with Ron) is fantastic.