Sizzling boy of the second Glen Powell has turned off his Hollywood hottie persona to morph into Chad Powers on Hulu’s new comedy sequence.
The sequence, co-created by Powell and Michael Waldron, was tailored from Eli Manning’s viral ESPN sketch. All six episodes at the moment are streaming.
Within the sports activities comedy sequence, Powell stars as Russ Holliday, a former school soccer star who has an enormous fall from grace at a championship sport. (The intro scene of the sequence is so good that it’ll pull you proper in, I promise.) Quickly after, Holliday slaps on some prosthetics to develop into the titular character so he can stroll on as quarterback for a brand new soccer staff, the South Georgia Catfish.
“Chad Powers” additionally stars Steve Zahn as Coach Jake Hudson, who recruits Chad onto the Catfish, Perry Matfield as Ricky, the coach’s daughter and assistant coach who builds an incredible relationship with Chad, Wynn Everett as Tricia, the chair of the booster membership, and Frankie A. Rodriguez as Danny, Russ’s right-hand man who helps him with the Chad disguise. Rodriguez is especially nice in his function.
Manning additionally makes a cameo as a coach at Ole Miss.
The idea behind the sequence is enjoyable, albeit one which’s been achieved a zillion occasions earlier than. Assume “Tootsie,” “Mrs. Doubtfire” and “She’s The Man.” There’s a scene in “Chad Powers” that exhibits a billboard of “Mrs. Doubtfire” that’s as cheeky as it’s tacky.
However what “Chad Powers” has going for it’s that it’s solely six episodes, and the episodes are 40 minutes or shorter. It’s mild fare at a second the place every thing taking place in the true world appears so heavy. That’s one factor I can all the time get behind: a TV present that doesn’t take itself too severely and lets audiences take pleasure in it and never suppose too laborious. We may all use somebody — fictional or not — to root for proper now.
The season ends fairly abruptly, and followers of the present are already lobbying for a Season 2.
“The truth is there’s much more story to be instructed,” Powell instructed The Hollywood Reporter. “I imagine we’ve got a success present right here and one the world’s actually going to like. If we get the privilege to make a second season, we’ve got some enjoyable stuff in thoughts.”
“Chad Powers” is streaming on Hulu.
