Thursday, August 18, 2016

Casting News - June Squibb Lands Recurring Role on 'Shameless'; 'The Flash' Adds Ashley Rickards; Plus 4 More Updates!

Casting News - August 18, 2016

The CW's Arrow, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend & The Flash; Showtime's Masters of Sex & Shameless; and Starz's American Gods.





SHOWTIME's SHAMELESS
  • Oscar nominee June Squibb (Nebraska, About Schmidt) has been cast in a recurring role on the dramedy's upcoming seventh season. She will play Etta, a salty and peppery 80-year-old Southside Chicago woman who has owned the neighborhood forever.
THE CW's THE FLASH
  • Awkward star Ashley Rickards will appear in an upcoming episode of the drama's third season. She will play Rosalind "Rosa" Dillon aka The Top, who has he power to make people's heads spin. She is further described as "the Bonnie to Mirror Master's (guest star Grey Damon) Clyde."
THE CW's CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND
  • Brittany Snow (Guiding Light, American Dreams) has booked a recurring role on the comedy's upcoming second season. She will play Anna, a hip and cool L.A. chick and beauty entrepreneur who sweeps into town and shakes everything up for Rebecca (Rachel Bloom).
THE CW's ARROW
  • Wil Traval (Jessica Jones) has joined the drama's upcoming fifth season in a recurring role. He will play Christopher Chance aka Human Target, a professional bodyguard and master of disguise who assumes the identities of those targeted by assassins. In the fifth episode of the season, he is hired to protect Mayor Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell).
STARZ's AMERICAN GODS
  • Corbin Bernsen (Psych, L.A. Law) has landed a recurring role on the upcoming drama starring Ricky Whittle and Ian McShane. He will play Vulcan, one of Mr. Wednesday's (McShane) oldest allies. He's created a comfortable life for himself by harnessing his powers for the modern world, which makes him resistant to Wednesday's plans.
SHOWTIME's MASTERS OF SEX
  • Camryn Manheim (The Practice, Person of Interest) has been cast in a recurring role on the drama's upcoming fourth season. She will play Jade, a new-age guru who runs a partnering seminar for singles.