We can't stop staring at this pic of the OMITB crew and their celebrity doppelgangers
Only Murders In The Building is headed to Hollywood, and upping its celebrity cameo game in the process
Few shows on TV are more comfortable leveraging a celebrity cameo (or even a full-season appearance from a major name) than Only Murders In The Building. After all, Steve Martin and Martin Short have the contacts, so why not use them to get Paul Rudd, Sting, Meryl Streep, and other big names to swan their way through the Arconia for a little murderous fun? Even so, the show might be out-doing itself for its upcoming fourth season, releasing a new photo this week showing Charles (Martin), Oliver (Short), and Mabel (co-star Selena Gomez) standing alongside their new Hollywood doppelgangers: Eugene Levy, Zach Galifianakis, and Eva Longoria.
It’s a very good photo, if we’re being honest, using each of the characters’ iconic wardrobes to make the mimicry work. Also, the matches are just too good: Steve Martin, getting his second double of the series (after fan-favorite Sazz, played by Jane Lynch), is of course long-time friends with Levy, while Longoria and Gomez line up perfectly. But we might be most excited for Galifianakis as Oliver. It’s the one that’s furthest off physically, but the vibe is immaculate; the idea of Galifianakis marshalling a Martin Short impression really works for us.
All three celebrities will be playing themselves, because of course Only Murders In The Building is now so popular (in its own universe) that it’s getting a Hollywood film adaptation. (As anyone who’s ever made a podcast knows, this is the inevitable outcome to turning on those mics and starting to wing it.) We’ll get to see the impersonations in motion when the show returns to Hulu later this summer, on August 27.