Homeland star Claire Danes' next TV role revealed

Homeland star Claire Danes has signed on for a new limited series, set to air on Hulu.

Danes will be starring in FX's Fleishman is in Trouble, an adaptation of Taffy Brodesser-Akner's 2019 bestselling debut novel of the same name, according to Deadline, where she will be playing talent agent, wife and mum Rachel.

Also starring in the new series are Justice League's Jesse Eisenberg, Mean Girls star Lizzy Caplan and The OC's Adam Brody, as well as young actors Maxim Jasper Swinton and Meara Mahoney Gross.

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Fleishman is in Trouble follows recently divorced surgeon Toby Fleishman (Eisenberg) who begins online dating with more success than he ever had the last time he was single. However, just at the start of his first summer of sexual freedom, his ex-wife Rachel (Danes) disappears, leaving him with the kids and no hint of where she is or whether she plans to return.

Balancing parenting, friends, a long-awaited promotion at the hospital and all the eligible women Manhattan has to offer, he realises he'll never be able to figure out what happened to Rachel until he can more honestly examine what happened to their marriage.

Caplan is set to play Toby's long-time friend and series narrator Libby.

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