Monday, October 26, 2015

Casting News - Matthew McConaughey & Adele Set for 'Saturday Night Live'; Henry Czerny Joins 'Supergirl'; Plus 3 More Updates!

Casting News - October 26, 2015

CBS' BrainDead & Supergirl; NBC's Saturday Night Live; Netflix's The Ranch; and Showtime's Shameless.





NBC's SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
  • Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club, True Detective) will host the November 21 episode of the veteran late night sketch comedy. Grammy winner Adele will be the musical guest for the show, which airs a day after the release of her third album, "25."
CBS' SUPERGIRL
  • Revenge alum Henry Czerny will appear on an upcoming episode of the drama's first season. He will play Winslow Schott, Sr., a classic D.C. villain and mad criminal genius known as Toyman, who also happens to be Winn's (Jeremy Jordan) estranged father. 
CBS' BRAINDEAD
  • Johnny Ray Gill (Rectify) has joined the cast of the upcoming drama starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead as a series regular. He will play Gustav, an intuitive and eccentric genius who is the first in D.C. to recognize that there may be alien spawn attacking the Capital. Gustav has a million conspiracy theories, but is occasionally right, which makes him Laurel's (Winstead) valuable accomplice.
NETFLIX's THE RANCH
  • Kelli Goss (The Young & The Restless) has been cast in a recurring role on the upcoming comedy starring Ashton Kutcher and Danny Masterson. She will play the love interest to Kutcher's character.
SHOWTIME's SHAMELESS
  • Sherilyn Fenn (Twin Peaks, Ray Donovan) has booked a recurring role on the dramedy's upcoming sixth season. She will play Queenie, an earthly, sensual, flouncy, flamboyant and joyous woman who had a brief encounter with Frank (William H. Macy) that produced his now adult daughter, Sammi (Emily Bergl). Queenie is a force of nature, a grandmother many times over who loves to be naked, grows organic vegetables, has lived on a commune for years and while she claims to be an organic farmer, makes her real living off of a massive pot growing operation.