Monday, February 2, 2015

Casting News - Nathan Fillion Visits 'The Big Bang Theory'; James Cromwell Joins 'Halt and Catch Fire'; Plus 9 More Updates!

Casting News - February 2, 2015

ABC's Mistresses & Once Upon a Time; AMC's Halt and Catch Fire; CBS' 2 Broke Girls & The Big Bang Theory; DirecTV's Rogue; FOX's Brooklyn Nine-Nine; HBO's Vice Principals; Netflix's A.K.A. Jessica Jones & Hemlock Grove; and Syfy's Defiance.



HBO's VICE PRINCIPALS
  • Cougar Town star Busy Philipps has been cast on the upcoming comedy series starring Danny McBride. She will play Gale Liptrapp, Neal Gamby's (McBride) ex-wife and loving mother to his child who has remarried and has no tolerance for any of his antics.
SYFY's DEFIANCE
  • Lee Tergesen, Conrad Coates and Nichole Galicia have joined the cast of the drama's upcoming third season. Tergesen will play Castithan General Rahm Tak, a ruthless, arrogant leader in the Votanis Collective who sees Defiance as a symbolic target in his pursuit of power. Coates will play T'evgin, the leader of the Omec who reluctantly carries the burden of his species' survival on his shoulders. Galicia will play Kindzi, T'evgin's fierce, beautiful and fearless daughter and second-in-command.
ABC's MISTRESSES
  • Justin Hartley will return to the drama for at least two episodes of its upcoming third season. He plays Scott, who was last seen waiting on Joss (Jes Macallan) for their wedding while she was getting together with her former brother-in-law, Harry (Brett Tucker), outside on the beach.
ABC's ONCE UPON A TIME
  • Rebecca Mader will reprise her role as Zelena, the Wicked Witch of the West, in one episode of the drama's fourth season. No details were available on why she returns, except that she'll appear in the episode's flashback sequences.
CBS' THE BIG BANG THEORY
  • Castle star Nathan Fillion will make a cameo appearance as himself on an upcoming episode of the hit comedy's eighth season. In the February 19 episode, Raj (Kunal Nayyar) and Leonard (Johnny Galecki) spot him at a restaurant and debate on whether or not they should ask him for a picture.
DIRECTV's ROGUE
  • Sarah Carter (Falling Skies) has landed a series regular role on the drama's upcoming third season. She will play Harper Deakins, a mid-level DEA agent who doesn't always know when to shut up.
NETFLIX's HEMLOCK GROVE
  • Richard Gunn (Dark Angel, Granite Flats) has joined the cast of the drama's upcoming third and final season. He will play Aitor Quantic, a mysterious stranger who comes to town.
CBS' 2 BROKE GIRLS
  • Sandra Bernhard (Roseanne, Brooklyn Nine-Nine) has booked a recurring role on the comedy's fourth season. She will play Joe, a chic, sharp, mercurial lesbian manager of a new restaurant - The High - opening under Highline Park in Manhattan. She hires Max (Kat Dennings) to be a pastry chef and Caroline (Beth Behrs) to be a hostess.
FOX's BROOKLYN NINE-NINE
  • Garrett Dillahunt (Raising Hope, Justified) will appear in an upcoming episode of the comedy's second season. He will play a detective whom both Jake (Andy Samberg) and Amy (Melissa Fumero) would do anything to impress.
AMC's HALT AND CATCH FIRE
  • James Cromwell (American Horror Story: Asylum, Murder in the First) has booked a major recurring role on the drama's upcoming second season. He will play Jacob Wheller, a self made Texas millionaire and energy company CEO who is looking to expand his corporate reach. That expansion brings him both close and in conflict with Joe (Lee Pace).
NETFLIX's A.K.A. JESSICA JONES
  • Carrie-Anne Moss (The Matrix, Vegas) has been cast as a series regular on the upcoming drama starring Krysten Ritter. She will play a no-nonsense woman who could prove to be a powerful ally to Jessica (Ritter) - if Jessica doesn't completely alienate her first.