Angel Reese doesn’t miss.
The 2-time WNBA All-Star has joined the forged of Netflix’s hit homicide thriller “The Looking Wives” for its second season, the streamer introduced Tuesday. Reese will painting “Coach Barbie,” which is described as a co-starring position.
It’s no secret that the Chicago Sky ahead is a fan of the horny, soapy, Texas-set drama. Reese declared the sequence a “CRAZYYY however good watch” on the social media platform X again in August (regardless of being unhappy with the primary season’s cliffhanger finale). This caught the eye of “Looking Wives” creator Rebecca Cutter, who made clear the admiration was mutual and thanked the basketball star for “watching [their] lil ol present.”
“[J]ust let me know for those who want me for season 2,” Reese wrote in her response to Cutter with a winking emoji.
“On it my queen,” replied the showrunner with a saluting emoji. And it seems she actually was.
The identify of the position means that the character is tailored for Reese. The Baltimore native glided by the nickname “Bayou Barbie” throughout her standout faculty profession at Louisiana State College, which included an NCAA championship. After being drafted by the Chicago Sky in 2024, she additionally was referred to as “Chi Barbie.”
“Coach Barbie” marks Reese’s second casting announcement this month. Final week, it was revealed that Reese and fellow WNBA All-Star A’ja Wilson will voice characters within the upcoming animated sports activities comedy “Goat,” which touts NBA star Steph Curry amongst its producers. These tasks observe Reese’s cameo in Oscar-winning Kathryn Bigelow’s 2025 political thriller “A Home of Dynamite.” Quick changing into a trend icon, Reese additionally walked the 2025 Victoria’s Secret Vogue Present and was a member of the 2025 Met Gala’s host committee.
In “The Looking Wives,” Brittany Snow stars as Sophie O’Neil, an ex-Bostonian housewife who will get pulled into the world of Malin Akerman’s socialite ringleader Margo Banks. The second season, at present in manufacturing, can even see Kim Matula, Alex Fitzalan, John Stamos, Dale Dickey and Cam Gigandet be part of returning forged members Jaime Ray Newman, Dermot Mulroney, Evan Jonigkeit, George Ferrier, Karen Rodriguez, Hunter Emery and Branton Field.
