Casting News - April 16, 2015
ABC's Castle & Mistresses; AMC's The Night Manager; FX's Tyrant; Lifetime's Damien; NBC's Shades of Blue; Netflix's The Get Down; USA's Mr. Robot; WGN America's Underground.
WGN AMERICA's UNDERGROUND
- Adina Porter (True Blood, The 100) has been cast in a recurring role on the upcoming drama starring Christopher Meloni. She will play Pearly Mae, a strong wife and mother who first gives voice to the song in which the runners will find clues to help guide them to freedom.
FX's TYRANT
- Keon Alexander (Legends, Rewind) has joined the cast of the drama's upcoming second season on a recurring basis. No details were immediately made available about the character he will be playing.
ABC's CASTLE
- Lance Reddick (Fringe, Bosch) will appear in the drama's upcoming seventh season finale. All details on his character - and the actual plot of the episode - are being kept under wraps.
AMC's THE NIGHT MANAGER
- David Harewood, Neil Morrissey, Katherine Kelly, Tobias Menzies, Adeel Akhtar, Natasha Little, Jonathan Aris and Hannah Steele have joined the cast of the upcoming miniseries starring Hugh Laurie and Tom Hiddleston.
USA's MR. ROBOT
- Elliot Villar, Azhar Khan, Ron Cephas Jones, Stephanie Corneliussen and Michael Drayer have booked recurring roles on the upcoming drama. Villar will play Fernando Vera, an entrepreneur and meth-addicted criminal who has the NYPD baffled. Khan will play Mobley, a stoner whose expertise in web serves makes him an important part of the grand hack. Jones will play Romero, the group's consummate cynic who spent years in prison. Corneliussen will play Joanna, Tyrell Wellick's (Martin Wallstrom) pregnant wife. Drayer will play Cisco, a top-level hacker with hip-hop sensibilities.
LIFETIME's DAMIEN
- David Meunier (Justified, Aquarius) has joined the cast of the upcoming drama starring Bradley James. He will play Detective Shay, a decorated veteran and no-nonsense cynical cop who is investigating the strange occurrences surrounding Damien Thorn (James).
NBC's SHADES OF BLUE
- Dayo Okeniyi (The Hunger Games) has been cast as a series regular on the upcoming drama starring Jennifer Lopez. He will play Michael Loman, a new detective assigned to the unit, who may have aced the detective exam, but book smarts will only get him so far on the street.
ABC's MISTRESSES
- Chrishell Stause (All My Children, Days of Our Lives) will appear on an upcoming episode of the drama's third season. She will play a woman who April (Rochelle Aytes) encounters when she gives yoga a try.
NETFLIX's THE GET DOWN
- Newcomer Herizen Guardiola has landed the female lead on the upcoming drama created by Baz Luhrmann. She will play Mylene Cruz, a shining tenacious girl with a voice from God who dreams of disco stardom from the confines of her family's fiercely religious church walls.
