Kirsten Dunst stars in this dark comedy as a minimum-wage water park employee whose life was ruined by a pyramid-marketing scheme. Out for revenge, she cons her way up the ranks of the company that wronged her.
Showtime’s new series starring Emmy(R) and Golden Globe(R) nominee Kirsten Dunst (Fargo), set in a small Orlando-adjacent town in 1992, the series is a story about the cult of free enterprise and one women’s relentless pursuit of the American Dream.
The episodes are available for free now on YouTube and SHO.com (Episode 1, Episode 2). The 10-episode series officially premieres Sunday, August 25 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME.
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The episodes are also available across multiple cable, satellite, telco and streaming TV provider websites, apps and free on demand channels. Additionally, the episodes are available for free on the SHOWTIME stand-alone service website www.showtime.com. ON On Becoming a God in Central Florida follows Krystal Stubbs (Dunst), a minimum-wage water park employee who lies, schemes and cons her way up the ranks of Founders American Merchandise (FAM) – the cultish, flag-waving, multibillion-dollar pyramid scheme that drove her to ruin in the first place, run by the powerful Obie Garbeau II (Ted Levine). Determined to make a better life for herself, Krystal dives deep into FAM and develops a tangled relationship with FAM’s most loyal and fanatical follower Cody (Théodore Pellerin), until her business begins to affect those closest to her, including Ernie (Mel Rodriguez), her affable water-park boss, and his FAM-skeptic wife Bets (Beth Ditto).
CAST:
· Alexander Skarsgård
· Beth Ditto as Bets
· Da’Vine Joy Randolph
· John Earl Jelks
· Josh Fadem
· Julie Benz
· Kirsten Dunst as Krystal Stubbs
· Mary Steenburgen
· Mel Rodriguez as Ernie
· Melissa de Sousa
· Sharon Lawrence
· Ted Levine as Obie Garbeau II
· Théodore Pellerin as Cody
· Usman Ally