Revenge trips to Hollywood rarely go as planned, and that's the engine driving "Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass," a 2026 comedy from director David Wain.
What is Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass about?
Gail Daughtry is a Midwest bride whose engagement runs into an awkward clause: a long-standing "celebrity pass" agreement with her fiancé, the kind couples half-joke about until someone actually cashes it in. When he does exactly that, Gail decides two can play the game and heads to Hollywood determined to claim a celebrity encounter of her own. What follows is a fish-out-of-water chase through a version of the industry built for maximum comic friction, as a small-town outlook collides with velvet ropes, publicists, and the particular chaos of chasing fame on someone else's turf.
About the cast
Zoey Deutch leads as Gail, with Jon Hamm and Kerri Kenney rounding out a cast built for the genre's rhythm of deadpan reactions and escalating set pieces. The pairing of Deutch's comic timing with Hamm's ability to play both straight man and punchline gives the film two very different comic registers to lean on.
Context & significance
Director David Wain has a long track record in American studio comedy, and this film sits comfortably in that lineage: a broad premise played for maximum embarrassment, populated by a Hollywood-satirizing supporting cast. Produced in the United States, the film leans into the culture-clash gap between Midwest sensibilities and coastal celebrity excess that has powered comedies of this kind for decades, using that friction as the engine for its jokes rather than as commentary on either world.
Watching Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass on Ktime
"Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass" is available on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, letting viewers pick whichever fits their evening best. Access just needs a free account login, and the platform's Farsi-language interface makes finding and queueing up comedies like this one easy for Persian-speaking viewers anywhere.