Friday, October 30, 2015

Casting News - B.D. Wong to Play Hugo Strange on 'Gotham'; 'Rush Hour' Adds Greer & Spencer Grammer; Plus 3 More Updates!

Casting News - October 30, 2015

CBS' Rush Hour; FOX's Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life & Gotham; NBC's Blindspot; and TNT's The Last Ship.





FOX's GOTHAM
  • B.D. Wong (Law & Order: SVU) and Kristen Hager (Being Human) have been cast in recurring roles on the drama's second season. Wong will play Hugo Strange, a genius professor who is secretly lording over the nefarious experiments being conducted at the Indian Hill Laboratory. Hager will play the terminally ill wife of Victor Fries aka Mr. Freeze (guest star Nathan Darrow).
CBS' RUSH HOUR
  • Real-life sisters Greer Grammer (Awkward) and Spencer Grammer (Greek) will guest star on an upcoming episode of the midseason series. They will play sisters Destiny and Heather Lamb. Destiny is the younger sister with ambitions of becoming an actress. Heather turns to the police for help when Destiny goes missing after a night of partying, but Lee (Jon Foo) and Carter (Justin Hires) soon learn that this reaches farther back than just one missing persons case.
NBC's BLINDSPOT
  • Homeland alum Sarita Choudhury will appear on an upcoming episode of the hit drama's first season. No details were immediately released about the character she will be playing.
TNT's THE LAST SHIP
  • Elisabeth Rohm (Stalker) has landed a recurring role on the drama's upcoming third season. She will play Allison Shaw, the highly intelligent and capable Chief of Staff to President Michener (Mark Moses).
FOX's COOPER BARRETT'S GUIDE TO SURVIVING LIFE
  • Victoria Justice (Victorious, Eye Candy) has joined the cast of the upcoming comedy in a recurring role. She will Romona Miller, a corporate shark who befriends Kelly (Meaghan Rath) in an effort to get information on rival Cooper (Jack Cutmore-Scott).