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Martha Stewart Is Ready to Get the Scoop connected Pete Davidson
The Bupkis epoch is upon us.
On Oct. 14, Peacock released the archetypal representation of Pete Davidson and Joe Pesci from the upcoming bid Bupkis, a half-hour drama based connected a "heightened, fictionalized version" of Davidson's life.
In the newly-released image, Davidson and Pesci—who is acceptable to play the Saturday Night Live alum's grandfather—are seen sitting unneurotic connected a boat, some decked retired successful sunglasses and staring astatine thing successful the region portion Pesci holds an iPad.
The series, which precocious started production, marks conscionable the 2nd tv relation ever for the Academy Award-winning Pesci, and his archetypal since 1985's short-lived detective drama Half Nelson. In summation to Davidson and Pesci, Sopranos alum Edie Falco also stars arsenic Davidson's mother.
Getting the notoriously backstage and selective Goodfellas histrion to hold to look successful the amusement was nary casual feat, a root exclusively told E! News successful August, and Davidson "even traveled retired to LA respective times to conscionable him astir the role."
As for the Emmy winning Falco, whose casting was announced astatine the NBCUniversal Upfront presumption connected May 16, she joked that Bupkis isn't precisely a agelong from her days of playing Carmella Soprano connected the beloved HBO drama.
"Finally, I get to play an overwhelmed parent of 2 surviving successful a satellite of corruption," she said. "Except this time, it's Staten Island."
According to Peacock, Bupkis, which marks Davidson's archetypal tv relation since leaving SNL successful May, will "combine grounded storytelling with absurd elements from the unfiltered and wholly archetypal worldview for which [Davidson] is good known."
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(E! and Peacock are some portion of the NBCUniversal family.)
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