YouTube's Edge of Seventeen pilot casts its lead

The Hollywood Reporter

Masters of Sex alum Isabelle Fuhrman, 21, will "take on a version of the role made famous by Hailee Steinfeld in the feature film on which the series is based," according to The Hollywood reporter. Her character, Mira, is described as "a whip-smart underachiever trying to survive high school until the moment she can escape her hometown and loving, but messy, family. Socially, she’s a floater, along with her best friend Lou. A clique of two. But when things start to shift in their friendship, Mira will have to search her world for other connections to help her endure her seemingly endless adolescence." YouTube is proceeding with Edge of Seventeen even as it cuts back on scripted programming.