“Expats” and “Good American Family” star Sarayu Blue has joined the cast of Netflix’s upcoming adaptation of “Unaccustomed Earth,” based on Jhumpa Lahiri’s award-winning collection of short stories.
Blue will play Ruma, described by Netflix as “a self-assured and ambitious Bengali American mother who is the steadfast breadwinner of her family. An accomplished attorney with uncompromising standards, she balances the chaos of a household full of dreamers and artists with unshakable practicality. Her warm smile masks the quiet strain of carrying more than her share, a truth few ever notice.”
She joins previously announced cast members Freida Pinto, Indraneil Sengupta, Adi Roy and Iyla Sundarsingh Mckaig. The eight-episode drama series hails from writer Madhuri Shekar (“3 Body Problem,” “The Nevers”), director Ritesh Batra (“The Lunchbox,” “Photograph”) and executive producer John Wells (“The West Wing,” “ER,” “The Pitt”).
“Unaccustomed Earth” is an “epic, soapy and culturally vibrant drama about a tight-knit Indian American community navigating love, desire and belonging,” according to Netflix. It’s set in an insular Indian American circle in Cambridge, Mass., and follows a star-crossed romance between a devoted wife and her long-lost love. “A scandalous affair is born, and new battle lines are drawn in this intensely interconnected immigrant community,” reads the logline.
Alongside Wells, Shekar, Batra, Lahiri, Nisha Ganatra, Erica Saleh, Erin Jontow and Celia Costas also serve as executive producers. Batra will direct the first two episodes of the series. Warner Bros. Television, where Wells and his John Wells Productions is under an overall deal, is the studio behind the series.
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