The Drop cast Anna Konkle and Jermaine Fowler play the main characters. Aparna Nancherla, Monnae Michaell, and others also have important roles in the HULU movie.
The Drop is produced by Duplass Brothers Productions, Everything is Everything, and Perception Media. It is a comedy movie directed by Sarah Adina Smith and co-written by Joshua Leonard and Sarah Adina Smith. The movie releases on January 13, 2023.
The comedy movie revolves around the newly married couple Lex and Mani who face a marriage test when Lex drops her friend’s baby during a tropical island wedding. The incident makes the couple think about having a baby or not in the future.
The paradise vacation of the movie is filmed in several locations including the tropical and dreamy place in Sayulita, Mexico. The drop is a perfect movie to get entertained and enjoy with the entire family.
HULU Movie The Drop Cast
HULU Movie The Drop cast Anna Konkle plays Lex and Jermaine Fowler plays Mani.
Jennifer Lafleur, Joshua Leonard, Monnae Michaell, Aparna Nancherla, Susan Sullivan, Bryan Ross, Robin Thede, and others are also playing important roles in the movie.
Anna Konkle as Lex
Lex is the lead character in HULU’s The Drop. Lex is married to Mani and running their dream artisanal bakery in Los Angeles. She has a successful career and wants to have a baby. In the movie, she along with her husband in a tropical island to attend her friend’s wedding where she drops a baby. The incident led her to rethink the plan to have a baby.
Anna is an actress, writer, and director. Anna is best known for her work in PEN15 (2019), Rosewood (2015), and Plus One (2019).
Jermaine Fowler as Mani
Mani is the main character of the movie. He is the husband of Lex. Mani is a loving and funny person. He is settled down with Lex with a good career. However, after the drop, he seems confused about whether Lex is good to be a mother a not.
American actor Jermaine is an actor and producer. He is best known for his performance in Sorry to Bother You (2018), and Coming 2 America (2021).
Aparna Nancherla as Mia
Nia is a supporting character and friend of Lex. Mia is a mother of a child whom Lex dropped. She was tense when Lex dropped the baby but she understands that it was just an accident so she forgives Lex for the incident.
The character of Mia was played by an Indian American actress Aparna Nancherla. She is an actress and writer for the movies like A Simple Favor (2018), Mythic Quest (2020), and Crashing (2017).
Monnae Michaell as Mani’s Mom
Mani’s mom is a typical black woman who loves her child. she has a certain perspective about the dropping incident. Per her view, dropping a baby is a white people thing and black people would never do that.
Actress Monnae Michaell has been in the entertainment industry for quite a long time. Michaell has worked in Television, theater, animation, films, and commercials. The actress has been seen in television projects like The Office, NipTuck, The Young & The Restless, The Shield, The Practice, and others.
Similary, she is best known for her movies American Dreams, The Defenders, The road weeps, the well runs dry, Flight 93and more. The actress has also given her voice in the animated film Balto II: Wolf Quest.
Other Cast Members in The Drop HULU
- Jennifer Lafleur as Peggy
- Joshua Leonard as Josh
- Susan Sullivan as Lex’s Mom
- Robin Thede as Shauna
- Mariah Tavares as Mani’s sister
- Elisha Henig as Levi
- Jillian Bell as Lex Friend
- Utkarsh Ambudkar as her friend’s husband
- Gene Farber
- Bryan Ross
Where Was HULU Movie The Drop Filmed?
HULU movie The Drop was filmed on a dreamy and tropical island in Sayulita, Mexico, as per Shaheen Seth.
As per the Instagram of Shaheen Seth, they wake up every day to the sound of the ocean and the chachalacas. Several scenes of the movie were shot in the jungle and the ocean. The crew hires the boat for the boat scene. The movie was filmed in the summer.
The details about the locations are yet to be disclosed by the crew.
HULU Movie The Drop Release Date And Trailer
The Drop is streaming on January 13, 2023, on the OTT video streaming platform HULU.
The movie trailer was released on December 13, 2022. The trailer opens with a statement that a group of tourists had arrived at a tropical island and that it was time to start playing music. Lex and Mani have a good career in their dream job at an artisanal bakery in Los Angeles. They are ready and excited to start the family together.
The couple goes on a trip to a tropical island resort for a friend’s destination wedding. A trip feels like the ideal opportunity to get pregnant since it coincides with Lex’s ovulation cycle. But the excitement and hopes change into deep thought after Lex accidentally drops her friend Mia’s child just after her arrival in paradise. The baby was fine but the incident turns the paradise into purgatory for our couple Mani and Lex’s future into serious doubt.