Beth Behrs, best known for her role in 2 Broke Girls, has signed in to star in FOX’s new comedy pilot Our People.
The project from Lee Daniels Entertainment, Endemol Shine and 20th Century Fox TV is based on the Israeli format Nevsu: A Young Multicultural Couple.
Written by Chandrasekaran and directed by Trent O’Donnell, Our People revolves around Abel, a man from a bombastic African family that doesn’t have a word in their native language for “privacy,” and his fiancée Jenny (Behrs), from a Midwestern family, as they try to build a normal life together — though nobody can agree what that “normal” means.
Behrs’ Jenny is a Midwestern firecracker who is more inclined to fight against discrimination (or anything else) than Abel is. Jenny’s mom is played by Lea Thompson.