Kim Kardashian and Nikki Glaser Team Up for ‘The Fifth Wheel’: Is Netflix Giving Us the Comedy Mess We Deserve?
- Je-Ree
- 22 hours ago
- 2 min read
Move over, method actors. Kim Kardashian is officially trading the Skims boardroom for the Vegas strip in the upcoming Netflix comedy, The Fifth Wheel. While some might still be recovering from her stint as a high-fashion publicist in American Horror Story, the streaming giant just dropped a first look that suggests Kim is ready to fully embrace her comedic era. Directed by Eva Longoria and co-starring the acerbic Nikki Glaser, this project is already smelling like a cocktail of dry prosecco and high-altitude drama.
The Plot: A Vegas Trip for the "Messy"
The premise of The Fifth Wheel is a tale as old as time or at least as old as The Hangover. A tight-knit group of high school besties, played by comedy heavyweights Nikki Glaser, Brenda Song, and Fortune Feimster, decide to reunite for a debaucherous weekend in Las Vegas. The twist? They are joined by the titular "fifth wheel," played by Kardashian.
In a casting move that is nothing short of self-aware, Kim plays a "hot outsider" who manages to derail the group’s nostalgia trip. As the neon lights of the Nevada desert take over, the friend group’s carefully curated lives begin to unravel, exposing bad decisions and decades-old resentment. It’s essentially every girls’ trip you’ve ever regretted, but with better lighting and a significantly higher production budget.
Behind the Scenes: The Comedy Dream Team
If you’re skeptical about Kim’s leading lady status, the talent behind the camera might change your mind. Eva Longoria takes the director’s chair here, proving she’s shifted her focus from Wisteria Lane to the director's lens with serious intent. Adding even more legitimacy to the laughs is the writing duo of Paula Pell (SNL, Girls5eva) and Janine Brito.
With Pell’s signature brand of chaotic, character-driven humor, the script likely offers Glaser and Feimster plenty of room to overshadow the star power with actual punchlines. Rounding out the cast are Jack Whitehall and Casey Wilson, ensuring that even if the plot hits a speed bump, the comedic timing will remain surgically precise.
Why We’re Watching (and Judging)
Let’s be real: the draw here is the collision of worlds. Watching Nikki Glaser—a woman who makes a living roasting people into oblivion, share the screen with the queen of curated perfection is the kind of social experiment Netflix excels at. Production officially kicked off in Los Angeles this January, and while a release date is still under wraps, the buzz is already deafening.
Whether Kim can hold her own against professional scene-stealers like Fortune Feimster remains to be seen, but The Fifth Wheel is clearly positioning itself as the binge-watch event of the season. It’s glossy, it’s loud, and it’s probably going to be exactly the kind of fun, shallow dive we need.
Stay tuned to The TV Cave for more updates, trailers, and the inevitable deep-dive review once the film hits our screens. Is Kim the secret weapon of modern comedy, or just a very well-contoured fifth wheel? We’ll find out soon enough.
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