The Mindy Project: Ryan Hansen (Veronica Mars) Cast as ‘Mindy’

Veronica Mars vet Ryan Hansen will guest star in the fifth season of The Mindy Project on Hulu. EW reports he will play the title character herself, Mindy Lahiri — more or less. Let us explain.

According to the report, after an incident at work, Mindy (Mindy Kaling) falls asleep, wishing she were a white man. She wakes up in the body Dr. Michael Lancaster (Hansen) and experiences a day as a handsome, blonde, white man. We know one thing: Dick Casablancas would jump at the chance to play an OB/GYN for a day.

Ryan Hansen to Guest Star in Season Five of The Mindy Project on Hulu

Here is more, from EW:

Kaling actually teased the idea of doing this race- and gender-flipping episode back during Hulu’s press day during the Television Critics’ Association’s semi-annual program earlier this summer. “We’re pitching an episode called, ‘If I Was Born a White Man,’” she told reporters in August. “I love the idea that something happens to Mindy that is really sexist, and then she wakes up the next morning as a white man… It seems really interesting and fun and kind of a weird wish fulfillment to see how differently she would be treated.”

Since The CW cancelled Veronica Mars, Hansen has appeared on 2 Broke Girls, as well as many now cancelled TV series. They include Party Down, Friends with Benefits, Bad Teacher,  and Bad Judge.

Hansen also starred in the Veronica Mars spin-off, Play It Again, Dick, on CW Seed. He will appear in the upcoming feature films Bad Santa 2 and CHiPs.

Hulu releases new episodes of The Mindy Project on Tuesdays. The show will mark its 100th episode, this month.

What do you think? Are you a Ryan Hansen fan? Which of his other shows have you watched? Will you check out his episode of The Mindy Project? Let us know, below.