Ep. 205: Nichole Sakura (Micro Budget/Superstore)

About Nichole Sakura

Nichole Sakura originally hails from the San Francisco Bay area where she was born to a Japanese mother and an Irish Catholic father. Her love of movies and stories about outsiders drew her to pursue acting and comedy, where she has gone on to become most recognized for her role as ‘Cheyenne’ on NBC's SUPERSTORE. Her other work includes voicing of the titular role of ‘Suzume’ in Makoto Shinkai’s Sony animated feature of the same name, roles in the Universal feature PLEASE DON'T DESTROY, Hulu’s MAGGIE, and the Showtime series, SHAMELESS. She has just completed writing, directing and acting in her first short film, titled DAUGHTER IN A BOX.

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THE STORY

When Terry (Patrick Noth) discovers he's about to be a father, he does what any other sane person would do. He moves himself and his nine-months-pregnant wife from Iowa to Los Angeles to shoot a low-budget indie movie and sell it to a streamer for a “fuck-ton of money.”

Documented by his cousin Devin’s behind-the-scenes camera crew, Terry suddenly finds that his beliefs about diversity, the #MeToo movement, and what technically qualifies as a properly financed film production put him at odds with, well, every single person who meets him.

Featuring a cast of comedy MVPs, the uproarious Micro Budget follows Terry’s disastrous attempts to make a disaster movie, and his inability to serve a decent lunch.

THE CAST

Brandon Micheal Hall (Poker Face), Patrick Noth (The Iliza Shlesinger Sketch Show), Emilea Wilson (Alternatino With Arturo Castro), Nichole Sakura (Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain), Jordan Rock (Bupkis), Jon Gabrus (101 Places to Party Before You Die), Bobby Moynihan (Saturday Night Live), Hal Linden (Barney Miller), Neil Casey (Ghostbusters), Maria Bamford (Lady Dynamite), Mike Mitchell (Twisted Metal), Don Fanelli (A League of Their Own), Nate Fernald (The Late Late Show with James Corden), Morgan Evans (Teen Wolf After Show), Kate Flannery (The Office), Matt McCoy (Seinfeld), with Chris Parnell (30 Rock) and Carla Jimenez (Nacho Libre).

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