Insecure star Natasha Rothwell just added a dose of Black Girl Magic to the Wonder Woman franchise. Rothwell has joined the cast of the Wonder Woman sequel.
Plot details are under wraps, but it known that sequel is set in the 80s and will see Wonder Woman, reprised by Gal Gadot, facing off against a new Villian, Cheetah, played by franchise newcomer Kristen Wiig.
Rothwell currently serves as a writer and plays Kelli on Issa Rae’s critically-acclaimed HBO series Insecure. She recently starred in the film Love, Simon. And she previously wrote for Saturday Night Live.
Wonder Woman 1984 is expected to hit theaters on November 1, 2019.
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