Sherri Shepherd, Jo Marie Payton Join ‘ImPossible,’ Film About Diabetes Struggle
variety.comMatt Donnelly Senior Film WriterActors Sherri Shepherd and Jo Marie Payton have joined the feature film “ImPossible” in key roles.The movie, from executive producer and NFL champ Donald Driver, will weave narrative with Brandon Keith Lewis’ real-life diabetes battle.
He will star, direct and co-write the film. Lewis contends with morbid obesity and type 2 diabetes onscreen and in his life.Shepherd (“30 Rock,” “The Sex Lives of College Girls”) and Payton (the beloved matriarch of the TV classic “Family Matters”) are joined by supporting cast Gregg Daniel (“True Blood,” “Insecure”) and Irma P.
Hall (“Soul Food,” “Collateral”). Principal photography recently wrapped in Texas and New Mexico, and a second unit documenting Lewis’ efforts to change his body and life will soon get underway.
Co-written by Seckeita Lewis, “ImPossible” received a Panavision New Filmmakers grant and was incubated at the Sundance Collab producers’ course.
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