Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Casting News - 'Nashville' Promotes Two to Series Regular; Keke Palmer to Recur on 'Masters of Sex'; Plus 3 More Updates!

Casting News - March 12, 2014

ABC's Astronaut Wives Club & Nashville; NBC's Law & Order: SVU; Showtime's Masters of Sex; and USA's Covert Affairs.





ABC's NASHVILLE
  • Oliver Hudson and Will Chase are being promoted to series regular for the third season of the ABC drama, contingent on the network renewing it for said season of course. Both have been heavily recurring on the second season - Hudson debuted in Episode 2 and Chase in Episode 5. Hudson plays Edgehill label head Jeff Fordham. Chase plays Luke Wheeler, a country superstar and Rayna's (Connie Britton) current boyfriend.
USA's COVERT AFFAIRS
  • Body of Proof alum Nicholas Bishop has joined the drama as a new series regular for its upcoming fifth season. He will play Ryan McQuaid, a former Navy SEAL-turned-private contractor billionaire. He's handsome, magnetic and charming. He mets Annie (Piper Perabo) in the field as uneasy allies, but as their relationship intensifies, so will her fears that he may have a secret agenda.
SHOWTIME's MASTERS OF SEX
  • Keke Palmer (True Jackson, VP) is joining the drama series in a recurring role for its second season. She will play Coral, a nanny hired by Bill (Michael Sheen) and Libby Masters (Caitlin Fitzgerald) to care for their new baby.
ABC's ASTRONAUT WIVES CLUB
  • Zoe Boyle (Breathless, Downton Abbey) is set as one of the leads on the upcoming drama series. She will play Jo Schirra, the daughter of an admiral and wife of astronaut Wally Schirra.
NBC's LAW & ORDER: SVU
  • Pablo Schreiber is returning to the long-running procedural for another episode this April. He plays rapist/killer William Lewis who has haunted Olivia (Mariska Hargitay) this entire season. In the new episode, he will use a 12-year-old girl to rein her in for more torture.