The artist formerly known as George-Michael Bluth is returning to the small screen for what might be his most prominent TV role since Arrested Development. Hulu has enlisted Michael Cera for the upcoming series Life & Beth, created by and starring Amy Schumer—who also serves as writer, director, and executive producer. Per Deadline, the series follows the eponymous Beth (Schumer), a successful woman forced to confront her past in order to figure out her future:
In Life & Beth, Beth’s life looks pretty great on paper. Impressive to everyone she grew up with. She makes a good living as a wine distributor. She’s in a long term relationship with an attractive, successful guy and lives in Manhattan. When a sudden incident forces Beth to engage with her past, her life changes forever. Through flashbacks to her teen self, Beth starts to learn how she became who she is and who she wants to become. We’ll go on her journey towards building a more authentic life. Learning to express herself and living in an intentional way. A trip down memory lane is a strong source of trauma, comedy and moving forward.
Cera plays John, “a farmer and chef who is always honest and to the point.” With the exception of supporting roles in Molly’s Game and Gloria Bell, and voicing Robin in The Lego Batman Movie, Cera has been laying fairly low from the mainstream in recent years. In addition to his recurring role in the Childrens Hospital spinoff series Medical Police, which debuted on Netflix last year, Cera memorably appeared in the fourth episode of David Lynch’s Twin Peaks: The Return as the iconic Wally Brando.
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Him?
Amy Schumer? Somebody spend all their money getting her…glittered up for Easter?
Some day, Michael Cera’s gonna be 65 years old, and it’s going to be weird.
He and I have the exact same birthday, and in a strange way it’s comforting to know he’s aging worse than me.
He’s like a millennial Matthew Broderick, but if he can keep getting work, more power to him.
i know, and by then amy shumer wil be dead and it will make all of this even weirderer
He still looks like a weird 27 year old. Not bad…
He’s been aging gracefully into Bea Arthur since he was a teenager.Tell me there’s no resemblance..
He should return as Wally Brando.
hopefully everyone is done hating on Schumer, that was weird lol.
Her dad’s cool.
joke stealing for years isn’t cool and I still hate her. I was worried that I would be conflicted by her tv show, but as that premise is incredibly hacky/weak, I can continue to hate her with no qualms.
I mean, some people hated her for making racist jokes.
I can almost kind of see Michael Cera as a stand-in for Dane DeHaan, but replacing Aubrey Plaza with Amy Schumer? Weird decision for your Life After Beth prequel.
I was mildly interested until the phrases “authentic life” and “living in an intentional way” popped up.
It sounds like something from Oprah’s Book Club.
I was mildly interested until Schumer.
I thought to myself: Was he in “Life After Beth”? But it turns out he wasn’t. Alia Shawkat was though.
Michael Cera returning to TV for Amy Schumer series Life & Beth Cocaine Money.FTFY
Given that Schumer’s actual husband is a chef I’m going to hazard a guess that Cera’s her love interest. I can’t picture them as a couple, but who knows. Trainwreck worked because she had great chemistry with Bill Hader, which I would not have predicted either.
So he’s done playing Lex Luthor?
This is what I imagine the description to a show called #firstworldproblems might be.
Cera was in Medical Police? I liked that show but I don’t remember him being in it, crazy…
He does the intercom announcements.
Is there really anyone outside of Los Angeles who wants more of Amy Schumer? How is it that she keeps failing her way into more money?
Sure, me. I loved a lot of Inside Amy Schumer, and remember Trainwreck fondly. She’s made some hot garbage since then, but so have a ton of people with long careers?
Ben Stiller comes to mind.
Right. The knives come out for women after their first dud, whereas men can stumble along for years and it’s just “hey, the unwashed masses really love Sandler, what can ya do?”
Michael Cera? Amy Schumer? Stop giving me reasons not to watch this!
For some reason I keep thinking Michael Cera was #MeeToo’d, and I’m surprised that he wasn’t. Which, I suppose is more my issue than his.