Washington, Feb. 11 -- Hannah Cruz has joined the cast of the upcoming American epic musical film, 'Merrily We Roll Along', written and directed by Richard Linklater.

It is based on the 1981 stage musical of the same name by Stephen Sondheim and George Furth, which is in turn adapted from the 1934 play of the same name by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart.

Cruz is set to play Gussie, the wife of Paul Mescal's Franklin Shepard, who after establishing himself as a talented composer of Broadway musicals, abandons his friends and songwriting career to become a producer of Hollywood movies, reported Deadline.

The story takes place over 20 years, and Linklater will shoot the film over the same period, taking a page from his playbook on the Osc...