Friday, January 15, 2016

Casting News - Wilson Bethel Joins 'How to Get Away With Murder'; 'Code Black' Adds Boris Kodjoe; Plus 2 More Updates!

Casting News - January 15, 2016

ABC's How to Get Away With Murder; CBS' Code Black; The CW's The Originals; and HBO's Togetherness.





ABC's HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER
  • Wilson Bethel (Hart of Dixie), Adam Arkin (Chicago Hope) and Roxanne Hart (Hung) have booked recurring roles on the drama's second season. Bethel will play CHarles Mahoney, the Ivy League-educated son of Arkin's Wallace and Hart's Sylvia. Wallace is a Warren Buffet-type who's quiet and observant but knows how to command a room when he chooses. Sylvia is a tough yet distinguished and smart socialite.
HBO's TOGETHERNESS
  • The League alum Katie Aselton - and real-life wife to series co-creator and star Mark Duplass - has joined the comedy's upcoming second season in a recurring role. Details about her character are being kept under wraps.
CBS' CODE BLACK
  • Boris Kodjoe (The Last Man on Earth) has been cast in a recurring role on the drama's first season. He will play Dr. Will Campbell, a suave surgeon whose surgical skills and personal charm are only outweighed by his ego. As he works more closely with the doctors in the ER, tension builds between him and Dr. Hudson (Raza Jaffrey), as they compete to prove who is the better surgeon.
THE CW's THE ORIGINALS
  • Matt CedeƱo (Devious Maids, Z Nation) will appear in a recurring role on the drama's third season. He will play Cortz, a callous, smart and manipulative vampire from the Mikaelsons' past who comes to New Orleans seeking vengeance.