We were all thrilled to hear J.J. Abrams’ production company is working on a series about RuPaul’s early life.

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Produced by RuPaul and World of Wonder, the half-hour dramedy will be “a fictionalized version of RuPaul’s rise from club kid to drag queen, gay icon, and global star,” set in New York during the Reagan-era 1980s.

But who should play a young Ru—and who could fill the heels of the friends and personalities who shaped her younger days? Below, we take a stab at casting.

Jenifer Lewis as Ernestine “Toni” Charles

We can just hear Lewis calling some trifling fool a “pussy-mouthed motherfucker.”



Big Freedia as Vaginal Davis

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Michelle Hendley as Candis Cayne

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DNCE as the B-52s

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Louie Anderson as Lady Bunny

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Lourdes Leon as Michelle Visage

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Jaden Smith as RuPaul

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Not only does Smith have the physicality to play a young Ru, he’s been bold about eschewing gender conformity.



LaToya Jackson as LaToya Jackson

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Really, who else could play Detective LaToya?

RuPaul’s Drag Race airs Fridays at 8/7c on VH1.

