Gary Cole can currently be seen on HBO’s Emmy winning comedy “Veep” opposite Julia LouisDreyfus, and he has received an Emmy nomination for his work. He recently completed work in the Blumhouse feature “The Town that Dreaded Sundown” and appeared in the New Line feature “Tammy” opposite Melissa McCarthy, Susan Sarandon, and Allison Janney. Best known for his film roles in classic cult comedies such as “Office Space,” “Pineapple Express,” “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby,” and “Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story,” Cole is a veteran of both the screen and the stage. As an ensemble member of Steppenwolf Theater Company, Cole’s theater credits include “August: Osage County,” “Collected Works of Billy the Kid,” “Speed the Plow,” “American Buffalo,” “Flyovers,” and “Balm in Gilead.” Additional film credits include: “American Pastime,” “The Ring 2,” “Win a Date With Tad Hamilton!,” “I Spy,” “One Hour Photo,” “A Simple Plan,” “The Brady Bunch Movie” and Clint Eastwood’s “In the Line of Fire.” Television credits include: “Midnight Caller,” “The West Wing,” “Arrested Development,” “Desperate Housewives,” “Chuck,” “The Cleaner,” “Entourage,” “The Good Wife,” “True Blood,” “Suits,” and “Hart of Dixie.”
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SYNOPSIS
A decade ago, Hope Ann Greggory (Melissa Rauch, Stephanie on ) was America’s sweetheart. Her inspired performance on a ruptured Achilles at the world’s most prestigious gymnastics tournament clinched an unlikely bronze medal for the U.S. team and brought glory to her hometown of Amherst, Ohio. But in the years since that epic third place victory, Hope hasn’t done a whole lot with her life. Still living in her dad Stan’s (Gary Cole) basement, still sporting her daily uniform of a Team USA gym suit with teeny-bopper bangs, ponytail and scrunchie, she spends her days at the mall milking her minor celebrity for free food and favors. Hope’s routine is upended when she learns that she must coach Amherst’s newest gymnastics prodigy Maggie (Haley Lu Richardson) in order to receive a sizeable financial inheritance. The hard-edged yet insecure Hope is faced with a serious dilemma: does she jeopardize her “hometown hero” status by devotedly training this rising star to achieve the dreams she never could? Or does she attempt to sabotage the impressionable Maggie to ensure that she remains the one and only star in Amherst?