The incorporation of Meryl Streep to the universe of Only murders in the building was made from a supposedly informal video where, suddenly, the winner of three Oscars appeared to place a cushion for Steve Martin. But what will the comedy be like with her? The reader can get an idea with the trailer for the third season.
The corpse that will focus the interest of Charles, Mabel and Oliver, the characters played by Steve Martin, Selena Gomez and Martin Short, already knows who it is: Paul Rudd, the actor who on television was Phoebe’s husband in Friends and which, well, now he’s even Marvel boy like Ant-Man. He plays Ben Glenroy, a blockbuster Hollywood star seeking prestige on the Broadway stage, in the latest play by Oliver Putnam who, naturally, is a whodunnit.
Who has all the ballots to be one of the suspects? Meryl Streep as Loretta Durkin, a woman who has spent her entire career waiting for an opportunity at the forefront of the theater or audiovisual industry and suddenly sees how this possibility could collapse before her very eyes. It is not the best possible news that the protagonist of a play is assassinated on opening night.
Nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series for the second time in a row, Only Murders in the Building is created by Steve Martin and John Hoffman, with Gomez, Martin and Short serving as executive producers as well as Dan Fogelman, creator from This is us. Among the new supporting cast this season are Jesse Williams, who left Grey’s Anatomy to settle in New York and work on Broadway, and Ashley Park, who was nominated for a Tony (in other words, the theater Emmys) for her work in the Mean Girls musical although she is now best known for her television role in Emily in Paris.
Only murders in the building arrives on August 8 at Disney in Spain.
