‘Chad Powers’ Casts Colin Woodell, Gillian Jacobs Carey O’Donnell & Nate Varrone For Season 2 Of Hulu Series

EXCLUSIVE: Glen Powell-led Chad Powers is expanding its cast, adding Colin Woodell (Pulse), Gillian Jacobs (Community), writer-comedian Carey O’Donnell and Nate Varrone (The Bear) as guest stars for Season 2. The series is based on the ESPN and Omaha Productions segment “Eli’s Places,” where Eli Manning disguised himself in prosthetics to participate in a walk-on […] Colin Woodell, Gillian Jacobs, Carey O’Donnell and Nate Varrone Getty/Shelby Goldstein/Izak Rappaport/Sarah Rose Nelson EXCLUSIVE: Glen Powell-led Chad Powers is expanding its cast, adding Colin Woodell (Pulse), Gillian Jacobs (Community), writer-comedian Carey O’Donnell and Nate Varrone (The Bear) as guest stars for Season 2. The series is based on the ESPN and Omaha Productions segment “Eli’s Places,” where Eli Manning disguised himself in prosthetics to participate in a walk-on tryout at Penn State. In Season 1, eight years after an unforgivable mistake nukes his promising college football career, hotshot quarterback Russ Holliday (Powell) tries to resurrect his dreams by disguising himself as Chad Powers – a talented oddball who walks on to the struggling South Georgia Catfish. Related Stories News A24 Wins 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre' Rights: TV Series In Works From JT Mollner, Glen Powell & Roy Lee; ImageNation Pic In Early Development