A new drama about a beauty brand and its workers has dropped on Netflix. Glamorous stars YouTuber Miss Benny and Sex and the City's Kim Cattrall, putting queer people and their stories front and centre.
06.06.2023 - 20:25 / variety.com
Sophia Scorziello editor Netflix’s upcoming series “Glamorous” is like “The Devil Wears Prada” if Meryl Streep were replaced by “Sex and the City’s” Kim Cattrall and instead of Anne Hathaway, she hired drag queens and non-binary actor Miss Benny to work for her. The 10-episode LGBTQ comedy series premieres June 22 on the streamer. “Glamorous” follows baby-faced new hire Marco Mejia (Miss Benny), a young, queer man who lands a job for the legendary CEO Madolyn Addison (Cattrall). Madolyn’s makeup line, Glamorous Cosmetics, is plummeting. Suspecting her business is being sabotaged by someone on the inside, she hires Marco to sleuth around. “She wants him to be her eyes and ears, to make friends — and find out what’s going on behind her back, to discover what they’re hiding and what they’re stealing. In exchange, she’ll teach Marco everything she knows – but she warns him, ‘This business isn’t all glitter and glamour, and neither is life,’” reads the show’s official synopsis.
The job is challenging, with co-workers constantly at each other’s throats, but it gives Marco the chance to find out who he really is and what it means to be queer. Miss Benny has previously appeared in “Fuller House,” “Dreamcatcher” and “Doxxed.” Their rise to fame came from their Youtube Channel, KidPOV, which launched back in 2010. Cattrall recently starred in Laura Terruso’s comedy film “About My Father” alongside Robert De Niro and Sebastian Maniscalco. It was recently revealed that she will make a cameo appearance in “And Just Like That” Season 2, which premieres June 22 on Max. “Glamorous” also stars Zane Phillips, Jade Payton, Michael Hsu Rosen, Ayesha Harris and Graham Parkhurst. Guest stars include Priyanka, Serena Tea, Adrin Bundoc, Brock
A new drama about a beauty brand and its workers has dropped on Netflix. Glamorous stars YouTuber Miss Benny and Sex and the City's Kim Cattrall, putting queer people and their stories front and centre.
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Netflix has dropped the first trailer for Glamorous, its upcoming series starring Miss Benny and Kim Cattrall.
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Kim Cattrall is back in New York City as one of the stars of Netflix's new makeup drama. In, the actress plays legendary cosmetics mogul Madolyn Addison who takes a chance on a young gender non-conforming aspiring makeup artist named Marco Mejia ( breakout Miss Benny). Ahead of its debut during Pride Month, the streaming platform released the official trailer for creator Jordon Nardino's series, giving audiences a glimpse of all the sex, glam and drama to come as Marco navigates interoffice politics as well as the ups and downs of dating. According to Netflix, Marco gets his «first chance to figure out what he wants out of life, who he actually is, and what it really means for him to be queer» after landing a coveted assistant job at Madolyn's empire. "[It's] sort of like a ," Cattrall told ET about the series, adding, «It's very funny, very funny.»In addition to Benny and Cattrall, the cast features an eclectic ensemble of characters Marco meets inside and out of the office.