Merritt Wever (Godless, The Walking Dead) has been cast to star in HBO's romantic comedic thriller pilot, Run, opposite Domhnall Gleeson per Deadline. The project hails from Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Killing Eve, Fleabag) and Vicky Jones. Waller-Bridge will also have a recurring role in the project.
Written by Jones, Run centers on Ruby (Wever), a woman living a humdrum existence, who one day gets a text, inviting her to fulfill a youthful pact promising true love and self-reinvention, by stepping out of her life to take a journey with her oldest flame.
Wever's Ruby Dixie is an American family woman who functions like clockwork, but feels like a fraud. Having packed away her younger self for the sake of other people, she is finally taking steps to reinvent her path.
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