Wednesday, August 9, 2017

Casting News - Jane Lynch Joins 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel'; Gustaf Skarsgård Boards 'Westworld'; Plus 8 More Updates!

Casting News - August 9, 2017

Amazon's Bosch, The Man in the High Castle, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel & The Romanoffs; The CW's Supernatural; E!'s The Arrangement; HBO's Untitled Alan Ball Drama & Westworld; Hulu's Chance; and NBC's The Blacklist.



AMAZON's THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL
  • Emmy winner Jane Lynch (Glee, Manhunt: Unabomber) will appear in the upcoming dramedy starring Rachel Brosnahan. She will play Sophie Lennon, the most famous female comic of her time, who plays sold-out shows and has been a popular fixture on radio and TV for years.
AMAZON's BOSCH
  • Tamberla Perry (APB) has booked a recurring role on the drama's upcoming fourth season. She will play Gabriella Lincoln, a career detective with Internal Affairs.
AMAZON's THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE
  • John Hans Tester (Royal Pains) has landed a recurring role on the drama's upcoming third season. He will play Dr. Josef Mengele, a famous Nazi physician and Nobel Prize winner living in Berlin conducting his research. 
NBC's THE BLACKLIST
  • After appearing as a guest star in the Season 4 finale, James Carpinello will continue to recur in the drama's upcoming fifth season. He plays Henry Prescott, a handsome, charming and cool fixer who calmly solves problems for powerful and elite clients.
E!'s THE ARRANGEMENT
  • Ruffin Prentiss (Power, Elementary) has been cast in a recurring role on the drama's upcoming second season. He will play Xavier Hughes, a popular jazz musician.
THE CW's SUPERNATURAL
  • After appear in the Season 12 finale, Alexander Calvert has been promoted to a series regular for the drama's upcoming thirteenth season. He plays Jack, Lucifer's (Mark Pellegrino) son who struggles to understand the world he's brought into and the family that has taken him in.
AMAZON's THE ROMANOFFS
  • Aaron Eckhart (The Dark Knight, Sully) is the latest actor to join the cast of the upcoming anthology series created by Mad Men's Matthew Weiner. Like with all previous casting, no details were announced about the character he'll be playing.
HBO's WESTWORLD
  • Gustaf Skarsgård (Vikings) and Fares Fares (Tyrant) have been cast as new series regulars on the drama's upcoming second season. Furthermore, Betty Gabriel (Good Girls Revolt) is set to recur. Skargård will play Karl Strand, a white-collar guy comfortable in the field. Fares will play Antoine Costa, a tech expert with an objective perspective. Gabriel will play Maling, who is trying to restore order on the ground.
HULU's CHANCE
  • David Barrera (NYPD Blue) has landed a recurring role on the drama's upcoming second season. He will play Sid Velerio, a weary police detective in charge of an investigation into a body dump on the headlands.
HBO's UNTITLED ALAN BALL DRAMA
  • Marwan Salama (American Crime) has booked a recurring role on the upcoming drama starring Holly Hunter and Tim Robbins. No details were immediately released about the character he will be playing.