Monday, September 29, 2014

Casting News - 'The Following' Alum Joins 'House of Lies' as Recurring; 'Empire' Adds Naomi Campbell; Plus 5 More Updates!

Casting News - September 29, 2014

Amazon's Alpha House; CBS' Elementary & Scorpion; FOX's Empire; NBC's Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D. & Law & Order: SVU; Showtime's House of Lies; and VH1's Hindsight.




CBS' ELEMENTARY
  • Christian Camargo (Dexter, Haven) will guest star on an upcoming episode of the drama's third season. He will play Chris, Joan's (Lucy Liu) former medical colleague as well as her ex-boyfriend. He reaches out for help with a problem - and the sparks begin to fly again.
VH1's HINDSIGHT
  • Jessy Hodges, John Patrick Amedori and Drew Sidora have joined the new drama as series regular, while Collins Pennie and Adam Herschman have booked recurring roles. Hodges will play Melanie, Andy's (Nick Clifford) girlfriend. Amedori will play Jamie, Becca's (Laura Ramsey) younger brother and love interest to Lolly (Sarah Goldberg). Sidora will play Paige, a former child actress who now works at Becca's bar. Pennie will play Xavier, a recasting of the Ezra character from the original pilot. Herschman will play Sebastian, a malcontent film snob who manages the video store where Lolly works.
AMAZON's ALPHA HOUSE
  • The political comedy will return for its 10 episode second season on Friday, October 24 with every episode being available on the streaming video service. Guest stars for the new season include Bill Murray, Penn Jillette, Matt Lauer, Rachel Maddow, Jane Pauley, George Stephanopoulos and returning guests Wanda Sykes, Amy Sedaris and Haley Joel Osment.
NBC's CHICAGO FIRE, CHICAGO P.D. and LAW & ORDER: SVU
  • The three dramas - all executive produced by Dick Wolf and exist in the same fiction universe - will stage a three-way crossover on Tuesday, November 11 and Wednesday, November 12.
CBS' SCORPION
  • Rappers Kid Cudi and Method Man will guest star on an upcoming episode of the drama. Kid Cudi will play Temple, a brilliant musical prodigy and longtime recluse who has invented an algorithm that generate "mathematically" perfect pop songs. Method Man will play Lucky the King, a hardcore hip-hop manager who meet with Temple, Walter (Elyes Gabel) and the team thinking they are lawyers intent on suing him for the theft of Temple's algorithm.
SHOWTIME's HOUSE OF LIES
  • The Following alum Valorie Curry and comedian Demetri Martin have landed recurring roles on the comedy's upcoming fourth season. Curry will play Kelsey, a computer code writer who finds it finds it hard to suffer fools and anyone who doesn't respect the technology she creates. Martin will play Ellis Hightower, a maverick inventor who forms a business relationship with Marty (Don Cheadle).
FOX's EMPIRE
  • Actress-model Naomi Campbell has joined the cast of the midseason drama in a recurring role. She will play Camilla, an alluring woman involved in a steamy affair with the much-younger Hakeem (Bryshere Gray), whom she exercises considerable influence over.