While fake news is a dangerous and annoying problem that still plagues society to this day, something that people cannot get enough of these days is “too-weird-to-be-true news” — many of which are associated with bizarre and hilarious headlines that include the words, “Florida Man.” An eponymous, new Netflix TV show aims to capture the essence of what makes the Sunshine State so ripe for such twisted viral content through the lens of an original piece of crime fiction.
Created by former This Is Us executive producer Donald Todd and produced by Jason Bateman, the eight-episode limited series follows a former cop who is sent by a notorious Philadelphia mobster to locate his girlfriend in the last place he wants to be: his home state of Florida. However, the assignment turns out to be only the first step to an increasingly uproarious situation, which is now available to stream on Netflix. But, first, let’s take a look at who plays whom in the Florida Man cast and what other movies and TV shows you may recognize them from.
