Hacks star Meg Stalter will wrestle with God on Church Girls

HBO seems more than happy to stay in the Stalter business. The streamer recently renewed Hacks, on which Stalter plays an incompetent assistant named Kayla. The character frequently allows Stalter a couple of minutes per episode to explore her own comedic sensibilities, which don’t exactly sit that comfortably in the show’s Hollywood satire. Nevertheless, Stalter’s exuberance almost always smooths over the rough edges.

Perhaps, it’s Hacks’ ability to dip in and out of Stalter’s specific style that made the show such a hit. We at the A.V. Club loved the second season, giving it an “A” grade in our pre-air review. Critic Jenna Scherer wrote:

Hacks is really a study in how hard it is grow as a person in a world that’s constantly trying to make you smaller, whether you’re an aging star, a hungry young writer, a queer Black man, or a wife in mourning. For each step forward, there are five steps backwards. But the striving is a joy to behold.

In addition to Hacks, her podcast Confronting Demons, and thriving online spaces, Stalter also has the dark comedy Cora Bora coming down the pike. It looks like she’s going to have change her name from Stalter to Go-ter. Maybe not.

[via The Hollywood Reporter]