With Rupert Grint and Nick Frost

Lindsay Lohan has joined Rupert Grint and Nick Frost in the Sky comedy Sick Note.

The Mean Girls star will appear in the second series of the comedy, which as Chortle reported in April, has been commissioned before the first has even aired.

Grint plays Daniel, a compulsive liar stuck in a failing relationship and dead-end insurance job, persecuted by his malicious boss, played by Miami Vice's Don Johnson.

Then Daniel is wrongly diagnosed with a terminal illness by his incompetent doctor Ian Glennis (Frost). When the error comes to light, Dr Glennis convinces Daniel to hide the truth of his misdiagnosis from colleagues, friends and family in a lie that spirals wildly out of control.

Lohan will play Katerina West, the daughter of Johnson’s character.

The first series of Sick Note will air on Sky 1 this autumn in a 10pm slot, which the broadcaster is dedicating to a line-up of post-watershed comedies.

Other shows in the autumn line-up include Bliss, a comedy about a bigamist starring Stephen Mangan and Heather Graham from Emmy award-winning director David Cross; and Bounty Hunters, the new action-comedy from Jack Whitehall and his Bad Education co-writer Freddy Syborn. 

Series two of Sick Note is currently shooting in the UK. The comedy also features Daniel Rigby and Superbob's Camilla Beeput in supporting roles.

Commenting on the commission, Sky’s head of comedy Jon Mountague said: ‘One lie leads to the next in this unsettlingly brilliant comedy that will hook viewers in and have them on the very edge of their seats. 

‘Filming for series two is already under way and we’re delighted to confirm Lindsay Lohan will be joining Rupert and Nick in this stellar comedy cast.’

The show is being made by King Bert, the company set up by David Walliams, Miranda Hart and producerJo Sargent, who said: ‘We are thrilled to be making a second series of this nail-biting comedy and very excited to be welcoming the extraordinary talents of Lindsay Lohan to our all-star cast.'

 Sick Note is created and written by Nat Saunders and James Serafinowicz and directed by Matt Lipsey, whose credits include Little Britain, Psychoville. It is produced by Sarah Fraser.

Published: 12 Jun 2017