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Jesse Plemons To Play Gay "SNL" Writer, Sissy Spacek As His Mother In "Other People"

Jesse Plemons and Sissy Spacek will star in Other People, the feature directorial debut of out comedy writer, Chris Kelly.

According to The Wrap:

Plemons will play a gay “Saturday Night Live” writer who returns home to Sacramento to be with his mother (Spacek), who is in the final stages of terminal cancer. While home, he struggles to deal with a painful recent breakup and reconcile with his conservative father's disapproving attitude regarding his sexuality.

Kelly is a three time Emmy-nominee known for his work on Saturday Night Live, Broad City, Funny or Die and The Onion News Network. Plemons has recently been seen in Friday Night Lights, Breaking Bad and Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master. And of course, Sissy Spacek is Sissy Effing Spacek — Oscar-winner/powerhouse actress/national treasure .

The film is being produced by Parks and Rec's Adam Scott and his wife Naomi, with production scheduled to begin next year.

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