EXCLUSIVE: Siena Agudong (Resident Evil), Luke Eisner (Tall Girl) and Noah Lomax (The Walking Dead) are among the newest additions to the cast of The Upside of Unrequited, the upcoming coming-of-age comedy from filmmakers Anna-Elizabeth and Hillary Shakespeare, aka The Shakespeare Sisters.
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Other newcomers to the cast include Patrick Luwis (Barbie) and Matthew Sato (Doogie Kamealoha, MD). As previously announced, Ayvan Williams, Jessica Belkin and Savannah Smith will also star.
Based on the book of the same name by New York Times bestselling author Becky Albertalli, The Upside of Unrequited centers on Molly (Williams), an awkward teen who feels abandoned when her twin sister Cassie (Belkin) begins her first relationship with her dream girl Mina (Agudong). In an attempt to reconnect with her sister, Molly has Cassie set her up with Mina’s best friend Will (Eisner). Molly goes along with the idea, but she gets caught: the boy she really likes is Reid (Lomax), her cute, awkward co-worker. Molly wishes she didn’t like him—just as Will brings her closer to Cassie’s new world, Reid seems to take her further away from it.
The Shakespeare Sisters will produce with Matt Luber and Lena Roklin of Luber Roklin Entertainment, with Albertalli serving as executive producer. Production begins this summer in Maryland.
