Friday, September 11, 2015

Casting News - Richard Armitage Boards 'Berlin Station'; Patrick Schwarzenegger Joins 'Scream Queens'; Plus 7 More Updates!

Casting News - September 11, 2015

ABC's Grey's Anatomy, Quantico & Secrets and Lies; Amazon's Mozart in the Jungle; CBS' Code Black; Epix's Berlin Station; FOX's Lookinglass & Scream Queens; and NBC's The Player.




NBC's THE PLAYER
  • Richard Roundtree (Being Mary Jane, Chicago Fire) has been cast in a recurring role on the upcoming drama starring Wesley Snipes and Philip Winchester. He will play a mentor to Mr. Johnson (Snipes).
AMAZON's MOZART IN THE JUNGLE
  • Aaron Moten (The Flick, Ricki and the Flash) has booked a recurring role on the comedy's upcoming second season. He will play Erik Winkelstrauss, a wealthy and charming banker bound to shake some things up at the Symphony.
FOX's LOOKINGLASS
  • Glee alum Vanessa Lengies has been promoted to series regular on the midseason drama series starring Rob Kazinsky. She plays Alexa, Mary's (Dilshad Vadsaria) loyal and highly competent executive assistant at Lookinglass.
FOX's SCREAM QUEENS
  • Patrick Schwarzenegger has joined the cast of the upcoming comedy-horror anthology series. Ryan Murphy broke the news on Twitter. No additional details were made immediately available about the character he will be playing.
EPIX's BERLIN STATION
  • Richard Armitage (Hannibal) and Michelle Forbes (Powers) have joined the cast of the upcoming drama series. Armitage will play Daniel Meyer, the cerebral, newly anointed CIA case officer who goes from being an analyst at Langley to an undercover agent in Berlin tasked with finding an informant. Forbes will play Valerie Edwards, the no-nonsense administrator who serves as a Berlin Station Section Head.
CBS' CODE BLACK
  • UnREAL star Shiri Appleby is set to appear on the upcoming drama series starring Marcia Gay Harden. She will play Dr. Carla Niven, the ex-girlfriend of Dr. Malaya Pineda (Melanie Chandra) who comes back into her life unexpectedly when she shows up to the hospital as a patient.
ABC's QUANTICO
  • Jacob Artist (Glee) has been cast in a multi-episode arc on the upcoming drama starring Priyanka Chopra. He will play Brandon Fletcher, a friendly and confident FBI Agent in Training. A former quarterback from a wealthy, prominent family, Brandon is as popular as he is smart, and though he has had it easy his whole life, he remains hardworking and humble.
ABC's SECRETS AND LIES
  • Edwin Hodge (The Purge, Chicago Fire) has booked a recurring role on the drama's upcoming second season. He will play Dr. Greg Young, a charming man who is married to defense attorney Amanda Warner (Mekia Cox). He's been part of the close-knot Warner clan for several years. He's strong, smart and compassionate but as a busy surgeon, he's frequently not around as the job requires his constant attendance.
ABC's GREY'S ANATOMY
  • Joey Lauren Adams (Chasing Amy) will appear in the season premiere of the drama's upcoming twelfth season. She will play Catherine Avery's (Debbie Allen) candidate for Chief who will be running against Bailey (Chandra Wilson) for the position.