Jessica Biel is joining the cast of Searchlight Pictures’ upcoming drama “Playmates,” which is set at the Playboy Mansion. Multiple outlets report that Biel will portray a fictional wife of Hugh Hefner in the film. The production also features Lily-Rose Depp and Bill Pullman, who were previously announced in connection with the project.
“Playmates” is inspired by filmmaker Lorraine Nicholson’s experiences growing up at the Playboy Mansion. Variety and Deadline describe the project as Nicholson’s feature writing and directorial debut. Deadline adds that Biel’s character is a fictional creation and is not based on any of Hefner’s three wives. ComingSoon.net similarly frames the news around Biel’s cast addition and the revealed role.
Across the reports, there is agreement on Biel’s casting, the Searchlight-backed nature of the film, the Playboy Mansion setting, and the involvement of Nicholson as writer/director, with the primary differences focused on the degree of specificity about how Biel’s character relates to real-life people associated with Hefner.
