Friday, June 5, 2015

Casting News - 'Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce' Adds Retta; Corey Hawkins Joins 'The Walking Dead'; Plus 4 More Updates!

Casting News - June 5, 2015

ABC's Grey's Anatomy; AMC's The Walking Dead; Bravo's Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce; FX's Married; FXX's You're the Worst; and TNT's Rizzoli & Isles.





BRAVO's GIRLFRIENDS' GUIDE TO DIVORCE
  • Parks and Recreation alum Retta has been cast in a recurring role on the drama's upcoming second season. She will play Barbara, a conservative editor at the Huffington Post who is less than thrilled with Abby's (Lisa Edelstein) optimistic approach to divorce.
TNT's RIZZOLI & ISLES
  • M*A*S*H vet David Ogden Stiers will guest star on an episode of the procedural's upcoming sixth season. He will play Arthur, Maura Isles' (Sasha Alexander) adoptive father. He will appear in the eighth episode of the season.
AMC's THE WALKING DEAD
  • Corey Hawkins (Straight Outta Compton) has landed a recurring role on the drama's upcoming sixth season. He will play Heath, a key member of the Alexandria Safe Zone.
FX's MARRIED
  • Martin Starr (Silicon Valley) will appear on an upcoming episode of the comedy's second season. He will play Judah, an awkward loner who is renting Russ (Nat Faxon) and Lina's (Judy Greer) guest house.
ABC's GREY'S ANATOMY
  • Jason George has been promoted to series regular for the drama's upcoming twelfth season. He has recurred as Ben, Bailey's (Chandra Wilson) husband and new resident at the hospital, since the sixth season. Does this promotion mean that George is leaving his other regular gig - ABC's Mistresses - sometime during its upcoming third season?
FXX's YOU'RE THE WORST
  • Collette Wolfe (Cougar Town) has booked a recurring role on the comedy's upcoming second season. She will play Dorothy Durwood, a cute and spunky improv teacher who introduces Edgar (Desmin Borges) to the world of comedy. She struggles with her comedy career after seeing many of her peers go off to do bigger and better things.