Monday, July 7, 2014

Casting News - Brandon Routh Joins 'Arrow'; Taye Diggs Books Recurring Role on 'The Good Wife'; Plus 2 More Updates!

Casting News - July 7, 2014

CBS' The Good Wife; The CW's Arrow; Netflix's Grace and Frankie; and TV Land's Jennifer Falls.





THE CW's ARROW
  • Brandon Routh (Chuck, Enlisted) has joined the drama for its third season in a major recurring role. He will play Ray Palmer - known in the comics as DC superhero The Atom. On the drama, Ray is unparalleled scientist and inventor as well as the new owner of Queen Consolidated with a secret agenda for the company's Applied Sciences Division. Oh, and he'll also be a potential new love interest for Felicty (Emily Bett Rickards).
TV LAND's JENNIFER FALLS
  • Jane by Design alum Nick Roux has joined the single camera comedy as Taylor, Gretchen's (Dylan Gelula) new boyfriend. He will appear in at least two episodes and will further complicate Jennifer's (Jaime Pressly) relationship with her teenage daughter.
CBS' THE GOOD WIFE
  • Taye Diggs (Private Practice, Murder in the First) will appear in multiple episodes of the drama's upcoming sixth season. He will play Dean Levine-Wilkins, a meticulous and talented equity partner at Lockhart/Gardner who decides to throw in his lot with Diane (Christine Baranski) and accompany her to Alicia (Julianna Margulies) and Cary's (Matt Czuchry) firm.
NETFLIX's GRACE AND FRANKIE
  • Sam Waterston will re-unite with his The Newsroom co-star Jane Fonda on the upcoming comedy series. He will play Sol, Frankie's (Lily Tomlin) husband, who's been keeping a secret from Frankie for 20 years and that changes after he announces he's gay and has been having a secret affair with his law partner, Robert (Martin Sheen) since 1994.