Friday, February 27, 2015

Casting News - Jack McBrayer & Regis Philbin Join 'New Girl'; Laura Dern Visits 'The Mindy Project'; Plus 7 More Updates!

Casting News - February 27, 2015

ABC's Castle & Forever; CBS' Criminal Minds, Under the Dome & Zoo; FOX's The Mindy Project & New Girl; NBC's Chicago Fire; and Syfy's Dominion.





CBS' UNDER THE DOME
  • Kylie Bunbury (Twisted, Tut) has joined the cast of the drama's upcoming third season. She will play Eva, a beautiful and intelligent woman who comes to Chester's Mill with her boss, Lucy, in search of the egg. Eva is used to following Lucy's orders without question, but her interest in Barbie (Mike Vogel) might complicate matters for all of them.
SYFY's DOMINION
  • Nic Bishop (Body of Proof, Covert Affairs) has booked a season-long recurring role on the drama's upcoming second season. Details of the role are being kept under wraps.
ABC's CASTLE
  • Reiko Aylesworth (24) and Ricardo Chavira (Desperate Housewives) will appear on an upcoming episode of the drama's seventh season. Chavira will play Alex Lopez, a popular congressman whose life may be in danger, with Aylesworth as his astute wife, Mia.
CBS' CRIMINAL MINDS
  • Marc Vann (CSI, Torchwood) has booked a guest spot on an upcoming episode of the drama's tenth season. He will play an FBI agent in the Organized Crime Division.
CBS' ZOO
  • Geoff Stults (Enlisted) will appear in a multi-episode arc on the drama's upcoming first season. He will play Agent Ben Shafer, a rogue FBI agent who is investigating the bizarre events, but whose methods and motivation complicate things for the main characters.
FOX's THE MINDY PROJECT
  • Oscar nominee Laura Dern (Wild, Rambling Rose) will appear on an upcoming episode of the comedy's third season. She will play an OB-GYN, but all other character details were not immediately available.
ABC's FOREVER
  • David Krumholtz (Numb3rs) has been tapped to play a young version of Abe (Judd Hirsch) in flashbacks on an upcoming episode of the drama's first season.
FOX's NEW GIRL
  • Jack McBrayer and Regis Philbin will appear in the fourth season finale of the hit comedy. McBrayer will play Wally, a sweet but skeptical Donations Center employee who takes his job very seriously, and clashes with Schmidt (Max Greenfield). Philbin will cameo as himself in a storyline that will play a part in Coach's (Damon Wayans, Jr.) upcoming exit.
NBC's CHICAGO FIRE
  • Eric Mabius (Ugly Betty; Signed, Sealed, Delivered) has booked a recurring role on the drama's current third season. He will play Tom Nesbitt, a high-end strip club owner.