Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Casting News - Peter Sarsgaard Boards 'Twin Peaks' Revival; Tricia Helfer Joins 'Powers'; Plus 4 More Updates!

Casting News - October 6, 2015

ABC's black-ish; FOX's Grandfathered; NBC's Blindspot; Netflix's Fuller House; PlayStation's Powers; and Showtime's Twin Peaks.





SHOWTIME's TWIN PEAKS
  • Peter Sarsgaard (The Killing, The Slap) has joined the upcoming revival of the hit '90s drama in a recurring role. No details were made immediately available about the character he will be playing.
PLAYSTATION's POWERS
  • Battlestar Galactica alum Tricia Helfer has joined the cast of the drama's upcoming second season in a major recurring role. She will play FBI Special Agent Lange, who shares a history and palpable sexual tension with Detective Walker (Sharlto Copley). She walks a fine line between the Powers world and the government, and can be both ally and enemy when it suits her agenda.
ABC's BLACK-ISH
  • Wanda Sykes (Alpha House, The New Adventures of Old Christine) has been cast in a recurring role on the comedy's second season. She will play Daphne Lido, the now ex-wife of Stevens & Lido's founding partner. In the divorce, she gains control of half of the company and hopes to start inserting herself in company business.
FOX's GRANDFATHER
  • Lyndsy Fonseca (Agent Carter, Nikita) will appear on an upcoming episode of the new comedy series. She will play Frankie, a party girl who Gerald (Josh Peck) meets at a hot nightclub with Jimmy (John Stamos). When the one-night stand turns into something more, Jimmy worries that his son has fallen in love with a girl who is trouble.
NETFLIX's FULLER HOUSE
  • Juan Pablo di Pace (Dallas, A.D. The Bible Continues) has booked a recurring role on the upcoming revival of the hit '90s comedy. He will play Fernando, Kimmy's (Andrea Barber) passionate ex-husband.
NBC's BLINDSPOT
  • Lou Diamond Phillips (Longmire) has been cast in a major recurring role on the drama's first season. He will play Saúl Guerrero, a feared criminal and pivotal character from Bethany Mayfair's (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) past that will send shock waves through the FBI. He actually debuted in the most recent episode via a picture.