The Wet Hot American Summer Netflix series just added some new cast members. Deadline reports that Michaela Watkins, John Slattery, Josh Charles, Randall Park, Jayma Mays, Lake Bell, Paul Scheer, Rob Huebel, and Richard Schiff have all been added to the cast in addition to the original performers. Just to give you an idea of how huge and impressive the cast is, here are all the names that have been confirmed so far:
David Wain, Michael Showalter, Elizabeth Banks, H. Jon Benjamin, Michael Ian Black, Bradley Cooper, Judah Friedlander, Janeane Garofalo, Nina Hellman, Ken Marino, Zak Orth, David Hyde Pierce, Joe LoTruglio, Christopher Meloni, A.D. Miles, Marguerite Moreau, Amy Poehler, Paul Rudd, Marisa Ryan, Molly Shannon, Kevin Sussman, Michaela Watkins, John Slattery, Josh Charles, Randall Park, Jayma Mays, Lake Bell, Paul Scheer, Rob Huebel, and Richard Schiff.
The prequel series will be set on the first day of camp, with Watkins onboard to play a “tough New Yorker,†Charles as “a guy from a rival camp,†Huebel as “a rival professor to Pierce,†Schiff as “Pierce’s academic superior,†Park as “a librarian in love with Shannon,†and Sheer as a journalist.