Casting News - August 11, 2017
The CW's Riverdale; FOX's The Last Man on Earth; NBC's Law & Order: SVU & Law & Order: True Crime; and Paramount's Yellowstone.
PARAMOUNT's YELLOWSTONE
- Jefferson White (House of Cards) and Gretchen Mol (Chance) have been cast on the upcoming drama starring Kevin Costner. White will play Jimmy, a professional thief who joins a band of wranglers working with John Dutton (Costner). Mol will recur as Evelyn Dutton, John's wife and mother to his children who has a contentious relationship with Beth (Kelly Reilly).
THE CW's RIVERDALE
- The Good Wife star Graham Phillips has booked a recurring role on the drama's upcoming second season. He will play Nick St. Clair, Veronica's (Camila Mendes) ex-boyfriend from New York. Despite his parent-pleasing veneer, he is a wolf in sheep's clothing: a hard-partying Lothario with dark desires and an unchecked sense of privilege. His arrival in Riverdale will threaten Archie's (KJ Apa) relationship with Veronica.
FOX's THE LAST MAN ON EARTH
- Chris Elliott (Schitt's Creek) has landed a recurring role on the comedy's upcoming fourth season. He will play Glenn, a castaway living on a deserted island. Furthermore, Kristen Wiig has officially closed a deal to return on a recurring basis. She plays Pamela, who was last seen in the third season finale killing Pat (Mark Boone Junior) as he was going to shoot Tandy (Will Forte).
NBC's LAW & ORDER: SVU
- Brooke Shields (Lipstick Jungle, Army Wives) is set for a major recurring role on the drama's upcoming nineteenth season. No details were immediately released about the character she will be playing other than she'll shake up Olivia's (Mariska Hargitay) world.
NBC's LAW & ORDER: TRUE CRIME - MENENDEZ MURDERS
- Josh Stamberg (The Affair) and Rya Kihlstedt (One Mississippi) have been cast in recurring roles on the upcoming anthology starring Edie Falco. Stamberg will play Robert Rand, a non-threatening reporter who has gained access to the Menendez home. He forms a connection with the case. Kihlstedt will play Cindy Erdlyi, an ex-cop who is now Leslie Abramson's (Falco) go-to investigator.
