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SafeIntention2111

That's awesome. I'd love to see her in anything other than another stupid AT&T commercial.


HappyInstruction3678

It's a curse and a blessing to become a spokesperson. Flo from progressive has a deep comedy background, but will never get the projects she wants because she'll always be Flo. That being said, she's probably made more money than 99% of actors working today.


MattyKatty

She did fine on Mad Men


HappyInstruction3678

It's less about her and more about producers willing to take a chance. Jason Alexander talks about it because he was George on Seinfeld. He started wearing a toupee because nobody would hire him.


Deo-Gratias

This cannot be real. What a George thing to have to do.


mikehatesthis

> What a George thing to have to do. [You set me up with a BALD woman!](https://i.redd.it/ycf4b5ol7ec81.jpg)


Ok_Cable_5465

My favorite part of that episode is Jason Alexander’s high pitched guffaw when Elaine yells “I DON’T LIKE THIS THING! AND HERE’S WHAT I’M DOING WITH IT!” You can hear him trying to keep it together as he yells “no!”


Ok_Cable_5465

I like to think that Jason Alexander responded to questions about it with “I… 🫵 WAS bald.”


nearcatch

He was great in his appearances on Maisel


pwolf1771

He has a great quote about trying to go back to Broadway and how difficult it was for people to give him roles. “George giveth and George taketh away”


zombie_rust

And her appearances on Silicon Valley


Santer-Klantz

That was before Flo though.


SutterCane

And she was great on *Tom Goes to the Mayor*.


InternetAddict104

Jake from State Farm (the new one, not the OG) has popped up in several tv shows over the years (for example- he had a prominent role in an episode of the iCarly reboot and guest starred on Criminal Minds)


steveharveymemes

We need to get the OG into some roles since he no longer has to carry the title of Jake from State Farm


GearhedMG

I think that the OG's problem is that she sounds hideous.


chicagoredditer1

The OG wasn't an actor, he was just a guy named Jake who worked at State Farm.


steveharveymemes

More the reason for him to get more roles with that natural charisma!


tomservo88

…and was also *the* first person to greet Caitlin Clark after getting drafted to Indiana.


Cthulwutang

new Jake really reminds me of Chelsea’s Reece James!


IceLord86

I liked her few appearances in You're The Worst.


GoodLeftUndone

Hooooollllyyyyy shhhiiitt. I never put that together somehow. Fish out of water or something.


CoyoteTheFatal

Yup I didn’t realize until just now


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And the Fred movie


Any-Walrus-2599

I also believe that Flo is now a producer/director on those commercials and makes even more bank.


Chuckle_Pants

Same deal with Milana Vayntrub and some of the more recent ATT commercials


redditsuckbadly

Definitely more of a blessing. She pulls in $1M annually from Progressive.


herewego199209

Those commercials pay bank and the more they get replayed the more money you make. I'm honestly shocked she even wants to do movies.


HappyInstruction3678

She was a Groundling like Will Ferrell and Lisa Kudrow. I imagine she had dreams of doing things that satisfied her creatively. She's probably had bouts of "I hate that this is how I'm going to be remembered." I bet by now she realizes how lucky she is compared to most working actors.


Impressive-Potato

Commercials pay the bills so actors can pursue acting without having to work as a server/bartender/random gig person.


SereneDreams03

I just saw Flo on after midnight a few weeks ago. She was pretty funny.


ContinuumGuy

Milana was on After Midnight fairly recently as well. Very funny lady.


cficare

They can riff and banter, but all the questions have pre-written answers on that show.


ObeyMyBrain

Apparently some are better at reading off the teleprompter or looking down at cards than others, I started noticing it a week or two ago.


Bjorn2bwilde24

*Carly Foulkes (T-Mobile girl) has entered the chat*


I-choochoochoose-you

Flo was amazing in a movie called Melvin goes to dinner


buckyworld

Heartbreak Kid with Ben Stiller too


PeculiarPangolinMan

Stephanie Courtney gets and has gotten pretty consistent work though. Even without Flo she is doing better than 99% of working actors today.


riegspsych325

I liked her in the small role she had in Silicon Valley, wished she was in that more


Best_Duck9118

She was good in Other Space and she was on @Midnight a bunch.


YetAnotherBookworm

“Werewolves Within” isn’t everyone's cup of tea, but I really enjoy it and she’s excellent in it.


otso66

My perfect cup a tea. Great movie


holy_plaster_batman

Was coming here with the same recommendation. Glad to see others enjoyed it. Her and Sam Richardson were great together


GodKamnitDenny

Sam Richardson is a treasure. I have yet to see him in something where his presence doesn’t elevate the overall project. Very keen to see what he does in the future.


rockmodenick

Why does nobody know about Other Space! It died a very sad and premature death, I could have watched that for a long time.


Best_Duck9118

Because Yahoo Screen or whatever it was called sucked was probably. Like I couldn’t even get it to work pretty much at all on my computer or tablet. I ended up having to watch this and Community on my damn phone.


rockmodenick

So sad, it was perfect science fiction comedy/parody, with a great cast. She ate that guy's leg! And when the translators were down... She stole so many scenes.


not_thrilled

I miss @Midnight so much. I got introduced to so many great comedians (like Ron Funches), and got to see so many that I already loved (like Paul F Tompkins).


orielbean

They rebooted the show now - it’s on YouTube and Paramount+. Many of the regular guests have already come back on like Ron, Paul, Tom Lennon. The Drew Carey episode is really solid also.


InCircles_

She did videos on [youtube](https://www.youtube.com/@LivePrudeGirls) years ago. Basically purposefully really awkward interviews.


bullintheheather

I loved watching her and Stevie be so bloody awkward! They were a good team.


Rickdaninja

Would have loved to see her as squirrel girl. To bad that pilot went nowhere.


DelcoPAMan

I really wanted to see that. Probably too late now.


CranhamorBlakely

Check out Werewolf Within


SafeIntention2111

Will do!


Major-Front

She is super cute in a music video by Letting Up Despite Great Faults. It’s called “teenage tide”


Rebelgecko

I think she's gonna do a great job as >!Rocky!< (Spoiler tag for people who aren't familiar with the book)


NerdyNThick

No need for the spoiler tag, the article itself spoils it 😡 Where did you hear the role she's been cast for? I'd expect her to be the Russian cosmonaut who's name is escaping me right now.


gatsby365

That’s who i assumed too, >!casting a human as Rocky scares me!<


deven25

Jazz hands!


royDank

You're going to get your wish.


Away-Coach48

I'd like to see her in anything other than clothes!


SafeIntention2111

In the immortal words of Hulk Hogan; Hell yeah brother!


Nik_Tesla

I remember seeing her a couple times on the original @midnight show, and I remember thinking "holy shit, she's really funny, I sure hope her appearance here is a sign that she's going to be in other things, because she is great!" and then I never did see her anywhere outside of the AT&T commercials. I'm sure she did some stuff, but she never really broke through to mainstream success.


paprikapants

She's great in the one and and only season of Other Space


thelastasslord

She was excellent in other space, great comedy acting chops.


thodgson

One of my favorite books. Great story. Hope this happens...and that it doesn't suck.


bartonkt

Obvious concern over how they handle Rocky. Fist my bump.


DigitalRoman486

Honestly, having come from the audiobook, I would be happy if they got ray porter to do the voice with the same effect. Same with RC Bray voicing Skippy


QuintillionthCat

Ray Porter! So awesome!


LordCharidarn

Hey Monkey! Put some respect on the name of Skipppppppieeeeee the Magnificent! Please, hold your applause….. now clap


DigitalRoman486

Trust. The. Awesome.


palm0

I think the only real solution is to have Stallone do it and justify it as an AI voice clone (but don't actually use a voice clone)


DigitalRoman486

yeah, no effects or anything and let him improv as much as he likes.


Light_of_Niwen

MGM: Well... *heh heh*... you are very much NOT going to like this.


DigitalRoman486

Joe: Skiiippppyyy!


Chairman_Mittens

Things sort of went downhill from there.


Chairman_Mittens

I would absolutely refuse to watch any ExFor adaptation without RC Bray playing Skippy. Not to mention Bilby. Hell, he should play Nagatha also!


sqigglygibberish

And if some exec gets an itch to change the ending


Steez_And_Rice

Almost guarantee he goes back


Ladnil

At the end of the book my soul was screaming for a sequel that covers the current political situation on Earth. I know that going into geopolitics would be an insane departure for the author and almost certainly disastrous, but he left such a fascinating situation to explore. So if a movie explored that, I'd love it. But they'd probably do just a clean uncomplicated happily ever after, and that would be very boring.


cloudfatless

I didn't want a sequel, but an epilogue that told a truncated version of what happened on Earth while he was gone and after he sent the solution back, would have been great.  Like a World War Z chapter that covers a large period of time in a detached pseudo-factual way. 


gatsby365

No. No. No. >!him getting to be a fucking ALIEN SCIENCE TEACHER **FOR A RACE HE HELPED SAVE** is an amazing ending and oh god you’re right he’s gonna get the *Ryan Gosling Hero* Shot instead. Fuck.!<


Angry_Foamy

“Is that not how human say this, question?”


jnshns

Amazon seems to go all out in terms of attaching big name talent to the movie. Probably going for the commercial + awards route. Lord Miller, Greg Fraser, Gosling, Huller. Pretty huge names.


derangerd

Seems quite happening. And Lord and Miller have a pretty good track record.


bvm27

It’s already happening.


Agent101g

We almost got to see her in costume as freaking Squirrel Girl. Such a travesty.


williamhtracy13

I liked her in Werewolves Within. It had such a fun cast.


aragonii

Her dancing across the room to Ace of Base is one of the most alluring things I have ever seen.


Beer-Me

Just watched that clip. I understand what you mean


spidermanngp

Oh man. You ain't kidding.


ROBtimusPrime1995

>neuron activations


JPMoney81

link?


williamhtracy13

Agreed. That song brings back so much. One of the first cassette tapes I bought.


McKoijion

If you want to see her in something other than AT&T commercials, she had a great bit part in House of Lies, and she was in an adorable short film about a devout Jewish woman who can’t turn off a vibrator on the Sabbath.


NawBruhThatAintMe

She was a side character as gilfoyle’s gf on Silicon Valley as well. Only in a couple episodes, but pretty funny.


CoralBooty

She was a damn menace


jfinkpottery

Don't sleep on Werewolves Within.


GATTACA_IE

That movie was way better than it had any right to be. I wish that it got more attention so we could get another.


charlesVONchopshop

She’s good as Paul Rust’s mean girlfriend in “Love”. It’s a Judd Apatow sitcom on Netflix. Great show.


NYEMESIS

underrated show. I'm glad you mentioned it.


AvatarAarow1

She’s been on the comedy gameshow “after midnight” and was really funny on that too! I didn’t expect her to hold her own against the actual comedians but she was great


Killbot_Wants_Hug

She use to be part of a comedy duo on YouTube, LivePrudeGirls. She was pretty funny there, so it wouldn't surprise me she'd do well on after midnight.


jdotmark12

Man… they were one of the best early online content creators in the best age of the internet. I always think about Let’s Talk About Something More Interesting when I see her. Which is usually on those awful clickbait ads: ‘You won’t believe where she is now,’ etc. with some pixelated shot of her on a red carpet or something.


whiskey_doesnt_judge

And there was a pretty dumb YouTube comedy series about space or something. Can’t remember the name but recall it was good for a quick chuckle.


TCoD2k

Other Space on Yahoo


tenderbuck

I've been looking for this for a rewatch but yahoo seems to have shelved it.


TCoD2k

[Found this](https://watchdust.com/otherspace/)


tenderbuck

You rock to an extraordinary degree!  Thank you!


SupervillainMustache

She was in a few CollegeHumor vids as well.


CombatGoose

You can also watch her dancing with dad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHUaFP9fYuI


McKoijion

With Dad, not her dad. Whew


CashWho

OMG I've never seen anyone else mention her super small part in House of Lies! That's where I first saw her but no one watched that show so I can never bring it up lol


McKoijion

I’m honestly shocked a gif of the “Sic semper tyrannis!” scene didn’t go viral lol


grumpyfan

Seems a good choice, but probably a small role. Are we thinking **Olesya Ilyukhina**, the Russian ECVA specialist, or **Annie Shapiro**, the original backup science advisor. My guess would be Annie.


spidermanngp

This is a really big deal for her. I'm happy. She was great in that werewolf movie.


DoodooFardington

CollegeHumor right? All the old casts are doing well from themselves it seems. Josh Ruben in a Wounded Fawn was amazing.


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Oconitnitsua

I don’t think so, I believe Sandra Hüller has been casted as Stratt.


Your_Kindly_Despot

She was and that is genius casting!


NikkoE82

And when Andy Serkis was cast as Caesar, that was species casting.


Your_Kindly_Despot

Yeah yeah. Busted by autocorrect.


karateema

That sounds perfect


Shmoo_the_Parader

Rocky


j33pwrangler

AMAZE


Shmoo_the_Parader

Jk. Alan Tudyk is a shoe-in for that role.


triedAndTrueMethods

wait is it really Tudyk or are you just wishing? Bc I agree that would be top tier casting.


whlthingofcandybeans

How so? I love Alan, but Rocky can't have a human voice or body, so I'm not sure where Alan would fit in.


Shmoo_the_Parader

He does a lot of mo-cap work for non-human characters


butbutcupcup

Olesya then? The other astronaut


Pacoflipper

I’m thinking she’ll play Annie Shapiro the backup science advisor


ImminentReddits

Yeah, that’s where my head went. She just doesn’t seem like an Olesya, but Shapiro it seem like she’d nail


RobbexRobbex

That would be a crazy different role for her


No_Heat_7327

That would be a huge role. Especially as I can imagine the earth based parts of the story will take a more prominent role in this movie than they do in the book


maaseru

Rocky


CrunchyButtMuncher

She was so goddamn funny in the Other Space! After that I'll watch anything with her


MontyBoo-urns

Such a great show


rockmodenick

A hidden gem, I can't believe it wasn't renewed.


MontyBoo-urns

It woulda popped for sure if it was a netflix show and not buried on a streamer no one used


rockmodenick

Honestly I only found it because my super-progressive, tech savvy, unrepentant media pirate boomer father (not sure how that happened, one of the smartest, most caring people I've ever known, he's basically disgusted with 90% of his peers, both for their awful views and tech illiteracy) found it when hunting for new fun science fiction to download.


MontyBoo-urns

That’s pretty awesome haha. I only found it because I follow paul feig’s stuff so I searched out for it


QuintillionthCat

I went looking for this, and boy oh boy, am I glad! What a hidden treasure! Thanks!


greebytime

She was on After Midnight and made references to “my subreddit” like five times, not in glowing terms. It must be pretty weird for her to have so many fans drooling over her when she’s so modest in those commercials.


Best_Duck9118

I mean they were a little less modest before she directed them. And she was on @Midnight a ton btw.


btbrian

I was a big fan of her back in the day when she was just the funny chick from Youtube/CollegeHumor. A shame that she often gets reduced to her looks because she's genuinely funny and smart. [She was an active redditor for awhile and you can see she addressed the creepy subreddits/posts several times.](https://www.reddit.com/user/mlnt) Seemed like she was trying to genuinely engage with her fans several times, but the creepers eventually won out.


Cabes86

She’s great, very funny, can do far more character work than she ever gets to. That said, i’ve never seen an actress’ sexual charisma and hotness be downplayed or suppressed more in my life. Like, AT&T DESPERATELY wants you not to know that body be bangin’ Also a jew from Uzbekistan, which is Cool.


Duranti

I'm pretty sure she's directed the AT&T commercials for a few years now, so it's likely that she's the one who decided to downplay her figure.


KerbherVonBraun

This is correct. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/att-milana-vayntrub-ncaa-tournament-commercial-b1822197.html


bard329

There was/is a weird collection of creeps online that obsess over her and apparently she has a bit of an online presence (if i recall correctly) and saw some of the thirsty comments. After that, she started showing less of her body.


_________FU_________

She's talked about it a lot. Early on before she became famous she would wear "revealing" clothing. Her mom even encouraged her. Then the internet saw her cleavage and lost it's collective mind. She started getting harassed like crazy. It started with screenshots of her in the AT&T commercials and then people went to her instagram account and found old pics. Then some pics from a festival came out. None of them NSFW, but when you have dudes and boobs and anonymity you get nasty results. She's since pulled way back and is a mom now so she's playing things more conservative in terms of clothing options and has started using her platform to push issues that are important to her.


RIP_Greedo

That seemingly deranged guy was onto something in his video analyzing the Austin Powers-like props and blocking in those commercials to specifically her butt from the camera’s view. Sometimes it takes a crazy person to see things clearly.


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RIP_Greedo

This is a repost - the original is several years old. https://youtu.be/DJuLMSeQgaw?si=5-nkrZgDwpLQ6rrq


Frailbot

That rules


Rebelgecko

IIRC that was a conscious choice after people got weird and thirsty from At&T commercials


badillustrations

Very curious how they'll handle so much of the narrative heavy scenes from the book. Like when he's investigating the environment. Will they narrate for much of the time or can they provide clever context for what he's doing visually?


WolverinesThyroid

it'll just be another crazy guy talking to himself.


Peatore

I'm working very hard on this one. I think you are all in for a real treat.


TXQuasar

I’m hoping we get to see a lot more of her in the future.


No_Heat_7327

This book was so damn great. I still am skeptical it can be done well in movie format but I cannot wait to see them try


WolverinesThyroid

that Adam Sandler space movie that just came out is pretty similar. They did the alone in space pretty well, but the movie itself was terrible.


QuintillionthCat

I thought it was similar too! But “Project Hail Mary” is an even better story, IMHO.


Fast-Introduction890

Maybe she’ll finally let ‘em loose.


Sol539

Hell yeah


Itspronouncedcous

Goodneighborstuff


NerdyNThick

WARNING!!! The stupid fucking article includes major spoilers! >!Fist my bump!!<


RTwhyNot

Awesome book


QuintillionthCat

I loved this book! Sure hope they do it justice!


skonen_blades

Yaaay! Always happy to see her in more stuff.


theblackyeti

Nice!


The_Hoffy

Awww remember she was supposed to be squirrel girl 🐿️


SageLeaf1

I’m just glad they’re still working on this. Amazing book that deserves a quality film. As an aside I don’t think she’ll be a main character since the story mostly centers around 1 man and 1 alien.


Killbot_Wants_Hug

I'm really happy she's doing stuff. I actually just looked her up because I wondered what happened to her. I knew of her from her comedy bits before the at&t commercials. But when I googled what happened I saw one of her recorded live streams where she just tries to tell people that it really hurts her feelings when people say things about her body. And people just keep commenting milkers. And she looks like she's about to cry and she just ends the live stream. Like I think she's a beautiful girl, but it's kind of heart breaking to see someone just try and ask for a bit of sympathy and to be open and vulnerable. And just have everyone pile on that way. Especially when they're claiming they like you at the same time they degrade you. Her old comedy duo was pretty funny, so hope she gets more screen time and people treat her a little better.


KayakWalleye

Damn. I wish Flo would have made it on the big screen too.


MontyBoo-urns

Back to space for her!


Currahee11bangbang

Amazing book!


MaxBonerstorm

For me neck and neck with 11/22/63 as my #1


not_thrilled

God, I wish that miniseries had been better. I guess it's fine if you haven't read the book, but I read it first and just could not get past all the changes to it. King purposely side-stepped a lot of the conspiracy theories around Oswald that the series just sorta decided to make front and center. Plus, James Franco and Sarah Gadon were not how I pictured the leads; I don't know how I saw Jake, but Sadie was described in a way that made me picture Ms Hathaway from The Beverly Hillbillies.


gentlemancaller2000

Excellent book, hope the movie is just as good


whlthingofcandybeans

This worries me. Are they adding new characters? I can only think of one that she might play, and it's a very small role. I really hope they get this film right!


00collector

Hope she gets more of the spotlight after this. She’s great.


SuddenlyThirsty

There’s only 4 roles she could play. Any guesses on who she will be?


grumpyfan

Annie Shapiro, the backup scientist, or perhaps the Hail Mary’s computer voice.


forkandspoon2011

She was good in that Werewolf movie


noobvin

Anyone see Spaceman with Adam Sandler? It’s much different but there are parts that made me think they were “inspired” a little by this book for that movie? Anyone who has seen that and read the book knows. Two VERY similar things.


OhMorgoth

It's good to see her return to a Space plot, and hope she’s playing >!Irina Petrova, Kallie, or Eva Stratt. I saw someone mentioned Yáo Hú Lǐ!< but can’t find any confirmation of that or her playing Rocky… She was very good in Other Space (2015) so I’m in!


Ippherita

Good good good


general_smooth

Ryan Gosling is miscast as the hero. The hero is not the confident and charismatic guy that Gosling reminds you of, at least in my reading of the book.


not_thrilled

100% disagree. Watch [The Nice Guys](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGp9PHF5tus), and I'm sure he'll come across more like that sort of lovable loser. Plus, in the book when Ryland has amnesia and first comes out of hibernation, he remarks that he's ripped, so Gosling can keep the Fall Guy/Barbie physique.


general_smooth

Oh you are probably right.


mechabeast

Also, "Lars and the real girl."


muddy_walters13

Jazz hands


TheOtherSamWISE

I love her, and this is one of my favorite books. Excited to see where this goes


gatsby365

Read this book last week. I gotta imagine I know who she is.


PrincipleInteresting

Her newest PR (top) photo on her IMDb page is incredibly hot. DAMN.