Casting News - April 4, 2019
Amazon's Goliath; Freeform's Good Trouble; Netflix's Cowboy Bebop, The Eddy & You; and Showtime's Penny Dreadful: City of Angels.
NETFLIX's THE EDDY
- Andre Holland will play the lead role on the upcoming drama created by Jack Thorne and Damien Chazelle. He previously starred for two seasons in Cinemax's The Knick and in the first season of Hulu's Castle Rock. He recently starred in the Netflix film High Flying Bird. He will also serve as a co-executive producer on the series.
- He will play Elliot Udo, once a celebrated jazz pianist in New York but now the part-owner of a failing Paris jazz club who is hiding from everyone. He has an on-and-off relationship with his lead singer but is emotionally stunted. When his 15-year-old daughter shows up unexpectedly, he has to face his weakness and learn to grow up.
FREEFORM's GOOD TROUBLE
- Josh Pence and Emma Hunton have been promoted to series regulars for the drama's upcoming second season. Both actors heavily recurred on the drama's first season.
- Pence plays Dennis, an old millennial who is less addicted to his devices. He's the oldest tenant at the Coterie and has a mild case of arrested development. In the season finale, he checked himself into the hospital for a 48-hour hold to deal with his depression.
- Hunton plays Davia, a body-positive influencer and teacher. She is extremely passionate about helping her disadvantaged students succeed. In the season finale, her long-distance lover Jeff shows up to tell her he has left his wife.
NETFLIX's COWBOY BEBOP
- John Cho, Mustafa Shakir, Daniella Pineda and Alex Hassell will star in the upcoming series adaptation of the Japanese anime. Cho starred in the second season of FOX's The Exorcist and recently earned raves for his performance in the film Searching. Shakir starred in the second season of Netflix's Luke Cage. Pineda stars in Netflix's upcoming anthology series What/If opposite Renée Zellweger. Hassell starred in the BBC One limited series The Miniaturist. Moreover, Alex Garcia Lopez has signed on to direct the first two episodes.
- Cho will play Spike Spiegel, an impossibly cool "cowboy" (bounty hunter) with a deadly smile, a wry wit, and style to spare. He travels the solar system with his ex-cop partner, Jet, pursuing the future's most dangerous bounties with a combination of charm, charisma and deadly Jeet Kune Do.
- Shakir will play Jet Black, one of the few honest cops in the solar system before an ultimate betrayal robbed him of all that he loved, forcing him into a vagabond life of hunting bounties to put food on the table. He is an inveterate jazz enthusiast and Captain of the Bebop.
- Pineda will play Faye Valentine, a bold, brash and unpredictable bounty hunter. Suffering from amnesia after years of being cryogenically frozen, she does whatever it takes to survive. Whether she's lying, stealing or just being a thorn in Spike and Jet's side.
- Hassell will play Vicious, a man who thoroughly enjoys a good kill. He is the Syndicate's most notorious hitman. He's also Spike's ex-partner and arch-enemy.
AMAZON's GOLIATH
- Julia Jones and Leslie Grossman have joined the cast of the drama's upcoming third season. Jones has previously recurred on Netflix's Longmire and HBO's Westworld. Grossman starred for two seasons in FX's American Horror Story and has recurred on NBC's The Good Place.
- Jones will play Stephanie Littlecrow, a Hollywood stuntwoman and unlikely heiress to a coveted piece of property who becomes a thorn in the side of the Central Valley's biggest corporate farmers who want her land no matter what the cost.
- Grossman will recur as Rochelle Purple, a bold and brassy financial advisor who knows better than to leave herself vulnerable to the mercurial and potentially deadly temperaments of Wade (Dennis Quaid) and Diane Blackwood (Amy Brenneman).
SHOWTIME's PENNY DREADFUL
- Kerry Bishé will co-star on the upcoming drama starring Natalie Dormer and Nathan Lane. She previously starred for four seasons in AMC's Halt and Catch Fire and one season in Netflix's Narcos. She also appeared in an episode of Amazon's The Romanoffs.
- She will play Sister Molly, a charismatic radio evangelist. A beautiful singer and gifted orator, she captivates her many faithful followers even as she grapples with the complex demands of her life.
NETFLIX's YOU
- Melanie Field and Magda Apanowicz have booked recurring roles on the drama's upcoming second season - its first produced exclusively for the streaming service. Field starred in Paramount's one-season Heathers reboot. She next stars in Pop's upcoming comedy Florida Girls. Apanowicz has previously recurred on Syfy's Continuum and Netflix's Travelers.
- Field will play Sunrise, a stay at home mommy blogger who raises a toddler with her partner Lucy in their gorgeous Venice Beach home. A new age wellness aficionado who's monetized her interests with a popular Instagram, she's the cheerleader of her friend circle.
- Apanowicz will play Sandy, a woman from Joe's (Penn Badgley) past with an infectious smile and restless spirit. She has been beaten up by life.
