00:00It looks like Halsey is tapped to make her big acting debut.
00:04The singer is set to star alongside Euphoria's Sydney Sweeney in a new TV series titled The
00:08Players Table, based on author Jessica Goodman's novel They Wish They Were Us.
00:12Halsey will also produce a series which does not yet have a network.
00:15The drama is set at an exclusive Long Island prep school and revolves around high school
00:19senior Jill Newman, played by Sweeney, who works to uncover the truth about her best
00:23friend's death three years ago and the role she and her fellow players, members of the
00:28secret society that rules a school, may have had in it.
00:30Halsey will play Rachel Calloway, an emotionally troubled young woman who ignites Jill's journey
00:35of finding the truth behind the murder.
00:37The role marks a reunion for Sweeney and Halsey.
00:39The duo first met when they teamed up for Halsey's music video, Graveyard.
00:50The duo hit it off and Sweeney sent her the project hoping that they'd work together again.
00:54As a singer, songwriter, author, and activist, Halsey has already collected more than 25 billion
01:00streams worldwide and sold more than 100 million records globally.
01:05Without Me is certified seven times platinum, making Halsey the first and only female artist
01:09to have at least three songs chart on the Billboard Hot 100 for 50 weeks each.
01:14For more casting news and updates, head to THR.com.
01:24For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Neha Joy.
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