{"id":254487,"date":"2026-04-17T17:41:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T17:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/254487\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T17:41:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T17:41:08","slug":"cts-rachel-sennott-joins-kockroach-cast-with-chris-hemsworth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/254487\/","title":{"rendered":"CT&#8217;s Rachel Sennott joins \u2018Kockroach\u2019 cast with Chris Hemsworth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Simsbury native <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctinsider.com\/entertainment\/article\/rachel-sennott-bunnylovr-ct-simsbury-producer-22084062.php\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rachel Sennott<\/a> is joining some major Hollywood names for an upcoming film centered around a criminal cockroach.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sennott has a &#8220;key supporting role&#8221; in the upcoming film &#8220;Kockroach,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/04\/rachel-sennott-joins-chris-hemsworth-taron-egerton-kockroach-1236785654\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Deadline reported in April<\/a>. The film is about a cockroach that wakes up in a human body in Times Square during the 1950s and &#8220;claws his way up through crime, business and politics,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.productionlist.com\/production\/kockroach?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">according to Production List<\/a>. It is based on a 2007 novel of the same name.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sennott will join other notable cast members, including Zazie Beetz, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctinsider.com\/waterbury\/article\/ct-culture-corner-alec-baldwin-f-scott-fitzgerald-21029320.php\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alec Baldwin<\/a>, Chris Hemsworth and Taron Egerton, Deadline reported. Their roles have not been publicly identified yet and the movie has yet to recieve an official release date.<\/p>\n<p>Sennott, a 2014 graduate of Simsbury High School, gained prominence through her breakout role in 2020&#8217;s &#8220;Shiva Baby,&#8221; which earned her award nominations, including a Gotham Award and a Chicago Film Critics Association Award, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm6976735\/awards\/\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">according to IMDb<\/a>. In 2022, Sennott starred in the horror-comedy &#8220;Bodies Bodies Bodies&#8221; alongside &#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; alum Pete Davidson. In 2023, Sennott co-wrote, executive-produced and starred in &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctinsider.com\/westhartford\/article\/bottoms-movie-rachel-sennott-simsbury-ct-18335883.php\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bottoms<\/a>,&#8221; a movie that follows two queer high school students who start a fight club revolving around sex.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sennott was also an actor and producer for the recently released film &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt33998099\/\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bunnylovr<\/a>,&#8221; centered on &#8220;a drifting Chinese American cam girl (who) struggles to navigate an increasingly toxic relationship with one of her clients while rekindling her relationship with her dying estranged father.&#8221; She plays Bella, the best friend of the main character. The best friends&#8217; bond is tested after Rebecca receives a live bunny from a client (played by Austin Amelio) whose &#8220;influence begins to entangle her emotionally and financially.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This story includes previous reporting by Abby Weiss and Andrew DaRosa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Simsbury native Rachel Sennott is joining some major Hollywood names for an upcoming film centered around a criminal&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":254488,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[86570,132,134,133,86569],"class_list":{"0":"post-254487","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-austin","8":"tag-all-daily-sites","9":"tag-austin","10":"tag-austin-headlines","11":"tag-austin-news","12":"tag-ct-insider"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}