Jesse Williams Joins ‘Olga Dies Dreaming’ Pilot at Hulu
Jesse Williams has joined the cast of Hulu’s “Olga Dies Dreaming” pilot, the streamer announced Monday.The pilot, an adaptation of Xóchitl Gonzalez’s novel of the same name, is the story of a Nuyorican brother and sister from a gentrifying Sunset Park, Brooklyn, reckoning with the absent, politically radical mother and their glittering careers among New York City’s elite in the wake of Hurricane Maria.Aubrey Plaza and Ramón Rodríguez were previously cast as Olga and her older brother, Prieto.Williams will play Matteo. The character is described as “a collector: of music, of objects, of trivia, and mainly, of opinions.