Netflix has shared the first trailer for Paul Rudd’s upcoming Netflix comedy.
The comedy series, titled “Living With Yourself” will be Rudd’s first leading role in a television series. He will star as a man named Miles who is struggling to participate in life amid an existential crisis.
The official synopsis of the show reads: “[Living With Yourself] is an inventive existential comedy that asks: do we really want to be better? Miles (Paul Rudd) is a man struggling in life. When he undergoes a novel spa treatment that promises to make him a better person, he finds he’s been replaced by a new and improved version of himself.
“As he deals with the unintended consequences of his actions, Miles finds he must fight for his wife (Aisling Bea), his career, and his very identity. Told from multiple perspectives, the eight-episode series was created and written by Emmy Award winner Timothy Greenberg (The Daily Show with Jon Stewart), directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (The Battle of the Sexes, Little Miss Sunshine) and stars Paul Rudd and…Paul Rudd.”
The trailer sees Rudd’s character struggling to hold his life together. He then goes into an intriguing “happy spa” and comes out a man who seemingly has no worries. You can watch the full trailer here.
Living With Yourself lands on Netflix October 18.
