The Stumble Cast on Combining Comedy with Cheerleading, Cast Friendships and Making a Mockumentary
When I arrived on the Brooklyn soundstage for Stumble—NBC’s new mockumentary exploring the competitive world of junior college cheerleading—it felt electric. The set featured a full-scale replica of a junior college gym, buzzing with energy and laughter from the crew and cast.
Words: Lauren O’Neill | Photography and creative direction: Lewis Vorn | Videographer: Marie Koury | Makeup: Anissa, Arianna, Mikey Clifton, Georgie, Taylor, Erin Acker | Hair: Taylor - Michael Zambrano, Anissa and Georgie - Beth Rolon, Arianna - Gayette Williams | Styling: Georgie solos - Zoe Gofman, Arianna solos - Venetia Kidd, Anissa solos - Marissa Pelly, Cheer costumes - Leah Katznelson and Angel Peart
The Rise of Cheer Culture
By 2025, a show like Stumble felt inevitable. Over recent years, competitive and professional cheerleading have captured the public imagination. The turning point came in 2020 with the release of Netflix’s Cheer, a documentary series that became a global hit and inspired many viewers to imagine performing back handsprings in their living rooms.
Netflix expanded on that success with America’s Sweethearts, its documentary about the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders. Both productions illuminated the real lives and ambitions behind the polished performances, presenting cheerleaders as multidimensional people rather than one-note high school stereotypes.
“Both programmes revealed the real people behind the sheen, tapping into the cheerleader as a figure beyond the bitchy high school archetype.”
Author’s Summary
The article dives into NBC’s Stumble, a comedic mockumentary highlighting how modern cheerleading culture evolved from polished stereotypes to complex, inspiring realities.
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