SMASHED (Cast News)

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A cast is coming together for writer/director JamesPonsoldt's Smashed, Variety reports. Aaron Paul, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, NickOfferman and Octavia Spencer are all up for roles in the indie drama.

Co-written with Susan Burke, the story would see Winsteadand Paul as a married couple with a shared penchant for drinking who have theirlives turned on end when Winstead's character decides to quit and beginsattending AA.

Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Winstead headlines the upcoming prequel, TheThing while Paul is best known for his role on "Breaking Bad".Spencer just appeared in the box office hit "The Help" and would playa friend to Winstead's character. Offerman, best known for "Parks and Recreation",would play an elementary school assistant principal