Naturally, there’s a different kind of chemical reaction going on between the two lifelong friends, even though Bianca insists she has a crush on emo singer-songwriter Toby ( Nick Eversman, who played Mick Jagger in “ Get On Up”). In turn, she helps him pass chemistry class, where his failing grades might cost him his scholarship to Ohio State. She quickly unfriends both girls across all social media platforms and sets out to make herself over on her own terms.īut she can’t do it alone-she needs a clue-so she enlists the one person whose feedback she (reluctantly) acknowledges she can trust in Wesley. The discovery sends her into a tailspin ( Allison Janney has some nice moments as her recently divorced mom who tries to perk her up with self-help platitudes) but it also inspires her to take action.
Basically it means she’s the slight outsider in terms of coolness, popularity and fashion, and even though she’s usually the smartest person in the room, she’d never realized this about herself. Wesley is also the one who informs Bianca that she’s the DUFF to her two gorgeous and leggy best friends, Jess ( Skyler Samuels) and Casey ( Bianca Santos). (Along those lines, Whitman and Amell are both in their mid-20s playing high school students, but the age disparity isn’t as egregious as it is in, say, “ Grease” or “Beverly Hills, 90210.”) He keeps up quite nicely with Whitman, who’s been at this since she was three. Amell brings the requisite swagger but also a sense of humor and even a sweetness, which are unexpected. Cagan’s script fleshes him out better than that.
His character, with the studly name of Wesley Rush, could have been a typically vapid jock, but Josh A.
She also has sparkling chemistry with Robbie Amell as the next-door neighbor she’s known her whole life, who just happens to be the hunky, handsome captain of the high school football team. She shines confidently in a self-deprecating role, and it’s irresistible. Whitman displays flawless comic timing and consistently makes inspiring choices in terms of delivery, reaction, even the slightest facial expression. After a long career of mostly supporting roles-including hilarious work as George Michael Bluth’s mousy, religious girlfriend, Ann Veal, on “Arrested Development”-this should make her a star.
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