Monday, July 20, 2015

Casting News - 'The Flash's Rick Cosnett to Recur on 'Quantico'; Ben Barnes Joins 'Westworld'; Plus 8 More Updates!

Casting News - July 20, 2015

ABC's Blood and Oil, Quantico & Secrets and Lies; CBS' Criminal Minds & Madam Secretary; The CW's iZombie & Supernatural; FOX's Rosewood; HBO's Westworld; and NBC's Chicago Med.




ABC's QUANTICO
  • The Flash alum Rick Cosnett has landed a recurring role on the upcoming drama's first season. He will play Elias Harper, an openly gay and funny former defense attorney who uses his rhetoric and savvy against FBI cases. Recruited by Miranda (Aunjanue Ellis) as an analyst for his brilliant mind, he loves to be right but also has a soft and kind-hearted side.
HBO's WESTWORLD
  • Ben Barnes (Sons of Liberty) has been tapped to replace previously announced guest star Eion Bailey on the drama's upcoming first season. He will play Logan, a louche bachelor and veteran Westworld guest. His hedonistic romp through Westworld is equally motivated by self-indulgence and a desire to help his friend, William (guest star Jimmi Simpson).
THE CW's IZOMBIE
  • Veronica Mars alum Adam Rose will appear in the second season premiere of the hit drama series. He will play Byron McCoy, a sensitive hipster prone to wearing ironic t-shirts and passionate about the arts who may have information on a recent murder.
NBC's CHICAGO MED
  • Brian Tee (Jurassic World, The Wolverine) has joined the upcoming drama series as a new series regular. He will play a resident at the hospital who hails from the Windy City and found his calling in medicine after several tours of duty as an Army medic.
THE CW's SUPERNATURAL
  • The Mentalist alum Emily Swallow has joined the drama's upcoming eleventh season in a recurring role. She will play Amara, a femme fatale who is both seductive and sinister when she needs to be.
ABC's SECRETS & LIES
  • Mekia Cox (Undercovers, Almost Human) has been cast as a series regular on the drama's upcoming second season. She will play Amanda Warner, Eric's (Michael Ealy) sister who works as a criminal attorney for the Public Defender's office. She idolizes her older brother and is fiercely protective of him, immediately coming to his aid when he is targeted by Detective Cornell (Juliette Lewis) as the prime suspect in the murder of his wife.
ABC's BLOOD AND OIL
  • Aurora Perrineau (Chasing Life) has landed a series regular role on the upcoming drama series. She will play Lacey Briggs, the beautiful daughter of oil tycoon Hap Briggs (Don Johnson), a child he had out of wedlock. The role was played by Caitlin Carver in the original pilot.
CBS' MADAM SECRETARY
  • Crossing Jordan star Jill Hennessy has booked a recurring role on the drama's upcoming second season. She will play Jane Fellows, Henry's (Tim Daly) new defense intelligence agency handler who is a commanding yet discreet political operator known for keeping cool in a crisis and who may not always see eye-to-eye with him.
CBS' CRIMINAL MINDS
  • Marisol Nichols (NCIS, 24) will appear in an upcoming episode of the drama's eleventh season. She will play Agent Colburn, a top agent at a Los Angeles outpost of the FBI.
FOX's ROSEWOOD
  • Nicole Ari Parker (Soul Food, Murder in the First) has been cast in a recurring role on the upcoming drama's first season. She will play Kat Crawford, Rosewood's (Morris Chestnut) attractive and successful new girlfriend who is a highly sought after psychologist specializing in PTSD and often counsels policemen, soldiers, and others who regularly encounter violence.