Friday, March 28, 2014

Casting News - 'The Good Wife' Promotes Matthew Goode; June Squibb to Guest on 'Devious Maids'; Plus 6 More Updates!

Casting News - March 28, 2014

ABC's The Club & Once Upon a Time in Wonderland; BET's Being Mary Jane; CBS' The Good Wife; El Rey's Matador; FX's The Bridge; Lifetime's Devious Maids; and Starz's Survivor's Remorse.




FX's THE BRIDGE
  • The Office alum Brian Baumgartner is heading to the drama series in a guest starring role. He will play Gary, a recovering alcoholic and Daniel's (Matthew Lillard) new AA sponsor.
STARZ's SURVIVOR"S REMORSE and BET's BEING MARY JANE
  • Mike Epps has joined the cast of the upcoming Starz comedy as a series regular. He will play Julius, Cam's (Jessie T. Usher) uncle who moves to the Atlanta mansion with the family and tries to keep the family on point with his guidance and wisdom.
  • Epps has also booked a recurring role on the second season of the BET drama. He will play Chris Warren, a husband and a father who is in a great marriage, something Mary Jane (Gabrielle Union) covets.
ABC's THE CLUB
  • Brois Kodjoe (Real Husbands of Hollywood) has landed a regular role on the straight-to-series drama. He will play Deacon, a Hall of Fame pro football player who moved his family back East and is trying his hand at real estate. Infuriated by the bureaucracy, and ultimately realizing that knowing the right people will make things easier, he joins the Club.
EL REY's MATADOR
  • Yvette Monreal (Harpies) will recur on the upcoming drama series. She will play Senna Galan, the cute, trouble-making only child of Andres Galan (Alfred Molina).
CBS' THE GOOD WIFE
  • Matthew Goode is sticking around the Sunday night drama as the series has promoted him to series regular status for the remainder of the current fifth season - with an option to return for the series' already announced sixth season. He debuted in last Sunday's game-changing episode as State's Attorney prosecutor Finn Polmar. 
LIFETIME's DEVIOUS MAIDS
  • Oscar nominee June Squibb (Nebraska) will appear in a two episode arc on the drama series' upcoming second season. She will play Velma, the mother of Genevieve Delatour (Susan Lucci).
ABC's ONCE UPON A TIME IN WONDERLAND
  • ABC has confirmed that the low-rated drama series will not return for a second season. Next week's season finale will serve as the series finale of the spinoff series.