Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Casting News - Danny Trejo Joins 'From Dusk till Dawn'; 'Revenge' Adds Courtney Love; Plus 3 More Updates!

Casting News - March 11, 2015

ABC's Revenge & Scandal; CBS' The Big Bang Theory & NCIS: New Orleans; and El Rey's From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series.





CBS' NCIS: NEW ORLEANS
  • Unforgettable star Dylan Walsh is returning to CBS for a recurring role on the drama's first season. He will play Sheriff Jim Lemieux, a friend of Special Agent Dwayne Pride (Scott Bakula) and a lifelong law enforcement officer in the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office. He grew up around the force - his father was the sheriff like his father's father before him - he is personable and as kind as can be, yet he isn't afraid to exercise his power when the time comes.
ABC's REVENGE
  • Courtney Love (Empire, Sons of Anarchy) has booked a recurring role on the drama's fourth season. She will debut in the March 29 episode as White Gold, a jet-setter who is brought to the Hamptons by Margaux (Karine Vanasse).
CBS' THE BIG BANG THEORY
  • Matt Bennett (Victorious) will guest star in the April 9 episode of the comedy's eighth season. He will play Josh, Howard's (Simon Helberg) previously unknown younger half-brother who shows up unexpectedly.
EL REY's FROM DUSK TO DAWN: THE SERIES
  • Danny Trejo (Desperado) and Briana Evigan (Step Up 2) have joined the cast of the drama's upcoming second season. Trejo will play The Regulator, a horrifying agent of evil who has been summoned to perform a deadly errand. Evigan will play Sonja, an American expatriate working as a tattoo artist who also has a sideline forging papers and passports out of her back room.
ABC's SCANDAL
  • True Blood alum Lauren Bowles has been tapped to play Mellie's (Bellamy Young) sister, Harmony, in an upcoming episode of the drama's fourth season. Debuting in the April 2 episode, Harmony's presence will shine a light on where Mellie came from and could jeopardize her political aspirations.