Emmy Rossum is a bleach-blond billboard queen in the latest Angelyne trailer

Angelyne the billboard queen is coming to the display.

It has been greater than two years since Peacock first teased its Angelyne miniseries, starring Shameless alum Emmy Rossum because the bleach-blond L.A. icon. Now the long-anticipated present is lastly debuting Might 19, and the newest trailer presents the most effective look but at Rossum’s transformation — from the icy blond curls to that legendary pink Corvette.

The true Angelyne turned a Los Angeles staple within the Nineteen Eighties, after she put up billboards across the metropolis as a approach to promote herself (and her pink-clad silhouette). Whether or not she was stopping site visitors together with her billboards or just dashing round city in her rose-colored automotive, she quickly helped pioneer the concept of being well-known only for being well-known. Earlier than lengthy she turned a neon pink icon in her personal proper, releasing music, showing in movies, and infrequently working for governor of California.

“Since I used to be a lady, I’ve identified that fame was my future,” Rossum’s Angelyne says within the trailer. “Big, gigantic fame. So I mentioned, ‘I will get the love of the world.'”

Showrunner Allison Miller has described Angelyne as “not an easy biopic” however a “story impressed by every thing Angelyne represents,” and the trailer hints at how the collection will play with perspective, exploring the completely different tales and narratives that popped up in Angelyne’s orbit.

Along with Rossum — who’s almost unrecognizable in a sky-high blond wig — the forged additionally contains Martin Freeman, Hamish Linklater, Michael Angarano, Molly Ephraim, Philip Ettinger, Lukas Gage, Charlie Rowe, Alex Karpovsky, David Krumholtz, and Antjuan Tobias.

“I’ve spent the higher a part of 4 years pondering, residing, and respiration this mission,” Rossum beforehand mentioned. “I like Angelyne. She’s as if Marilyn Monroe acquired into an Simple-Bake oven with an ’80s punk Barbie Doll and a dose of New Age spirituality. She’s a trailblazer, a hustler, a visionary, the unique influencer, a residing, respiration piece of artwork.”