Plaza to Star in FX’s X-Men-Universe Pilot “Legion”

Aubrey Plaza will soon have a new legion of fans… 

The 31-year-old half-Puerto Rican actress/comedian will star in Legion, FX’s X-Men-universe pilot from Fargo creator Noah Hawley.

Aubrey Plaza

Starring Downton Abbey heartthrob Dan Stevens in the title role, the pilot hails from Marvel Television and FX Prods.

Legion introduces the story of David Haller (Stevens), based on the Marvel comics character Legion, the son of X-Men founder Charles Xavier. Since he was a teenager, David has struggled with mental illness. Diagnosed as schizophrenic, he has been in and out of psychiatric hospitals for years. A haunted man, David is getting tired of finding his way back to sanity and is about to give up when he meets the girl of his dreams, a fellow patient. After the strange encounter, he’s confronted with the possibility that the voices he hears and the visions he sees might be real.

Plaza will play David’s friend Lenny, who, despite a life of drugs and alcohol abuse, knows that any day now her life is going to turn around, which gives her the likable energy of the impossible optimist despite her rough demeanor.

Fargo‘s Hawley wrote the pilot and serves as an executive producer.

Parks & Recreation alumna Plaza will next be seen in Mike And Dave Need Wedding Dates.

Plaza to Star in the Comedy “Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates”

It’s wedding bells for Aubrey Plaza

The 30-year-old half-Puerto Rican actress/comedian will star in the Fox comedy Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates.

Aubrey Plaza

Toplined by Plaza, Zac Efron, Adam Devine and Anna Kendrick, the film revolves around two hard-partying and immature brothers who place an online ad to find plus-ones for a wedding, finding dates who out-party and out-immature them.

The film, which begins shooting this summer in Hawaii, will be directed by Jake Szymanski. The script was written by Andrew Cohen and Brendan Obrien.