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EXCLUSIVE: In 1 of nan most anticipated castings for Season 2 of Netflix‘s Little House On nan Prairie, Willa Dunn (Only Murders successful nan Building) will play 1 of nan astir recognizable antagonists from nan original series, Nellie Oleson. Dunn is joining nan CBS Studios-produced adjustment of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s semi-autobiographical books arsenic a bid regular other bid prima Alice Halsey.
Judging by Nellie’s description, nan reboot is taking a much layered approached to nan character.
On nan surface, Nellie (Dunn) is simply a world-class spoiled princess and a playground bully. Smart and supremely confident, sharp-tongued but easy wounded. Lives and breathes to make Laura Ingalls (Halsey) miserable. But beneath her mean-girl persona is tenderness and a yearning for existent relationship — moreover if she doesn’t cognize precisely really to get it.
In nan 1974 series, Nellie, played by Alison Arngrim, was introduced successful Season 1 and was a recurring characteristic for nan first 7 seasons.
It is astir apt fitting for nan namesake casting to beryllium revealed by this writer who, coincidentally, was named aft different young woman literate characteristic from a celebrated book published successful nan early 1900s.
Netflix’s Little House of nan Prairie was renewed for Season 2 successful March, up of nan series’ Season 1 debut connected July 9. The bid is described arsenic portion hopeful family drama, portion epic endurance tale, and portion root communicative of nan American West offering a kaleidoscopic position of nan struggles and triumphs of those who shaped nan frontier.
Produced by CBS Studios and Anonymous Content, Little House of nan Prairie is executive produced by Rebecca Sonnenshine, who serves arsenic showrunner, Joy Gorman Wettels for Joy Coalition, Trip Friendly for Friendly Family Productions and Dana Fox.
Dunn is known for her recurring domiciled connected Hulu’s Only Murders successful nan Building arsenic Little Loretta, nan young type of Meryl Streep’s character. She precocious played Brooklyn Decker’s girl successful each 8 episodes of Prime Video’s The Runarounds. Dunn’s credits besides see nan movie Coup! opposite Peter Sarsgaard and Billy Magnussen and impermanent starring roles connected Peacock’s Poker Face other Natasha Lyonne and Clea DuVall and arsenic Amy Schumer’s girl connected Comedy Central’s Inside Amy Schumer.
Most recently, she impermanent starred other Emily Deschanel successful nan NBC play pilot Key Witness. Dunn, who besides appeared successful a FIFA run alongside shot icon Mia Hamm directed by Bryan Buckley, is repped by Stewart Talent, Lohne/Graham Management and Vainshtein Law.
