Thursday, September 14, 2017

Casting News - Brian Letscher and Bryan Craig Join 'Valor'; Shaun Sipos Boards Syfy's 'Krypton'; Plus 6 More Updates!

Casting News - September 14, 2017

ABC's Modern Family; Amazon's Good Omens; Crackle's The Oath; The CW's Valor; Lifetime's You; Netflix's The Haunting of Hill House; Syfy's Krypton; and TNT's The Last Ship.




THE CW's VALOR
  • Brian Letscher (Scandal) and Bryan Craig (General Hospital) have been cast in recurring roles on the upcoming drama starring Christina Ochoa. Letscher will play Tucker Magnus, the enigmatic CIA Director of Special Activities Division. He's brought in to help run the rescue mission to save American POWs Kam (W. Tré Davis) and Hendrix (Mac Brandt). Craig will play Adam Coogan, a Delta Force operative. He's one of the guys on the top-secret team to retrieve the American POWs.
ABC's MODERN FAMILY
  • Vanessa Williams (Ugly Betty, Desperate Housewives) will appear in an upcoming episode of the comedy's ninth season. She will play Rhonda, a member of Jay's (Ed O'Neill) country club who takes Haley (Sarah Hyland) under her wing.
SYFY's KRYPTON
  • Shaun Sipos (Melrose Place, The Vampire Diaries) has joined the cast of the upcoming drama as a series regular. He will play Adam Strange, a world-weary human who finds himself stranded on Krypton as the unlikely mentor to Seg-El (Cameron Cuffe).
TNT's THE LAST SHIP
  • Liannet Borrego (The Haves and the Have Nots) has landed a recurring role on the drama's upcoming fifth season. She will play Amara Ollanta, a Gran Colombian special operator.
AMAZON's GOOD OMENS
  • Production has begun today on the upcoming miniseries starring Michael Sheen and David Tennant. Joining the cast are Adria Arjona as Anathema Device, a practical occultist and descendant of the ancient witch Agnes Nutter; Nina Sosanya as Sister Mary Loquacious of the Chattering Order of St. Beryl; Ned Dennehy as Duke of Hell Hastur; and Ariyon Bakare as fellow Duke of Hell Ligur.
LIFETIME's YOU
  • Hari Nef (Transparent) has booked a recurring role on the upcoming drama starring Penn Badgley and Elizabeth Lail. She will play Blythe, a talented and competitive peer in Beck's (Lail) MFA program.
CRACKLE's THE OATH
  • Newcomer Isabel Arraiza is set for a recurring role on the upcoming drama starring Sean Bean and Ryan Kwanten. She will play Lourdes, the daughter of prominent cartel lawyer Victor Moreno. She spent much of her life distancing herself from the criminal underworld she was born into. When she finds out her husband, Detective Pete Ramos (J.J. Soria), is a member of the Ravens she must decide if she can walk away from her marriage to spare her daughter from the dangerous upbringing she had.
NETFLIX's THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE
  • Lulu Wilson (Annabelle: Creation) and newcomer Victoria Pedretti will co-star on the upcoming drama starring Michiel Huisman and Carla Gugino. Like with all previous casting, no details were immediately released about the characters they will be playing.