Alexandra Daddario joins Kate Upton in The Layover , an upcoming movie billed as a "road trip sex comedy."

Alexandra Daddario in True Detective.

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The news was announced by producers Keith Kjarval and Aaron L. Gilbert. Daddario joins a cast that also includes Rob Corddry, Kal Penn, Matt Jones, and Matt Barr. William H. Macy is directing.In The Layover, Daddario and Upton will play a pair of lifelong best friends who decide to escape their problems by taking a vacation - only to find that their plane has been rerouted by a hurricane warning. The two friends will then find themselves in "hilarious" competition for the same guy during their extended layover in St. Louis.Alexandra Daddario is known best for playing Annabel Chase in the Percy Jackson film series, and she also had some memorable scenes in the first season of True Detective. Most recently she appears in disaster thriller San Andreas alongside Dwayne Johnson.

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