Glen Powell teams up with Audible for The Best Man's Ghostwriter, created by comedian Matthew Starr. The 10-episode Audible Original drama is based on Starr's real-life experience as a wedding speech ghostwriter, and it offers a splash of romance, comedy, and especially bromance. Powell serves as producer as well as the main character, fresh off success in movies all across the spectrum.
The Best Man's Ghostwriter is closer in spirit to the tone of Anyone But You rather than Twisters, but the actor pulls from all manner of genres and resources when portraying the character of Nate. The protagonist, who is in a loving relationship with his fiancee (played by Emily In Paris star Ashley Park), has a thriving business as a freelance speechwriter for hapless best men at weddings. The only problem? He doesn't have a best man of his own since previous traumatic ending of a best friendship.
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All of that will change when Nate takes on his latest client, Dan (voiced by Sucession star Nicholas Braun), who is willing to extend an offer of friendship in addition to a tricky gig. The Best Man's Ghostwriter also stars D’Arcy Carden, Lance Bass, Lukas Gage, Alex Wolff, Debra Messing, George Takei, Jack McBrayer, Nicole Byer, Zach Cherry, Lennon Parham, Neil Flynn, Jason Mantzoukas, Ben Marshall, John Higgins, and Martin Herlihy, Jonathan Van Ness, and Sherri Shepherd.
Check out Screen Rant's exclusive clip above, featuring Glen Powell sharing his vision for the story, the origins of his casting, and his excitement over recording with his friends in sweatpants.
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A bad best man’s speech can ruin a wedding. Why do we plan every detail of a perfect day and then give the groom’s idiot best friend five minutes of total power?
Enter Nate (Glen Powell), a speechwriter-for-hire who helps people write incredible best man speeches. To keep the best man from embarrassing himself (and the newlyweds), Nate uses his list of Don’ts: don’t mention the exes, don’t be rated R, and don’t bum everyone out, the list goes on. Nate’s system never fails. That is, until he meets Dan (Nicholas Braun), the dopey, hopelessly awkward best man for the biggest social media influencer’s wedding of the year. On top of that, Nate just engaged to the woman of his dreams, and now he has to find his own best man – forcing him to confront a brutal friendship breakup with his former best friend.
As Nate helps Dan with his speech, he explores the insane and often idiotic world of male friendship and must come up with an answer to the one question most men never think about: why is their best friend their best friend?
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The Best Man's Ghostwriter is now available on Audible. Order the 10-episode series here.
