I have a lot of guilty pleasures that I don’t really share with many people, and I must say that NBC’s Parenthood falls under that category. It’s a show that probably has a hold on me due to my ability to relate the Braverman family’s antics to those of my own family’s. However, there is one person from the show that I absolutely adore more than most other people in Hollywood, and that is the young, talented Mae Whitman. While she may hold a pretty successful role in the show, she is currently in negotiations with CBS Films to star in their latest comedy The DUFF. A tale adapted by Josh A. Cagan from Kody Keplinger’s novel The D. U. F. F., Whitman will be playing Bianca, a 17-year-old high school senior whose life is rattled when she finds out that her friends refer to her as the Designated Ugly Fat Friend (DUFF). The discovery of her supposed friends kind words drive her to team up with fellow “DUFFs” and bring down the school’s evil queen.
Whitman has been great at playing these coming of age high school roles. She’s best known for playing Ann Veal on Arrested Development and in the popular teen movie The Perks of Being A Wallflower. The film is expected to be shot in Atlanta this summer. The young actress may not be a household name just yet, but I think that the world is going to be seeing a whole lot more from Mae in these upcoming years.
[via Variety]