Tuesday, September 10, 2019

Casting News - Showtime's 'Your Honor' Adds Hope Davis; Dermot Mulroney Joins Amazon's 'Hanna'; Plus 6 More Updates!

Casting News - September 10, 2019

Amazon's Hanna; CBS' All Rise; The CW's In the Dark & Roswell, New Mexico; FX's Fargo; Netflix's Selena: The Series & The Umbrella Academy; and Showtime's Your Honor.




SHOWTIME's YOUR HONOR
  • Hope Davis has been cast as a series regular on the upcoming limited series starring Bryan Cranston. Moreover, Lilli Kay is set for a recurring role. Davis recently starred for two seasons in ABC's For the People. Kay starred in Netflix's one-season drama Chambers.
  • Davis will play Gina, who might be even more dangerous than her husband, the feared crime boss Tommy (Michael Stuhlbarg).
  • Kay will play Fia, Tommy and Gina's daughter. Her relationship with her new boyfriend might threaten her family.
AMAZON's HANNA
  • Dermot Mulroney, Anthony Welsh, Cherelle Skeete, Severine Howell-Meri and Gianna Kiehl have joined the cast of the drama's upcoming second season. They join returning stars Esme Creed-Miles, Yasmin Monet Prince, Aine Rose Daly and Mireille Enos as Hanna, Clara, Sandy and Marissa, respectively.
  • Mulroney (Homecoming, Station 19) will play John Carmichael, Marissa's former mentor who has taken over the new chapter of the Utrax operation and is determined to see through its ruthless agenda.
  • Welsh (Fleabag, Pure) will play Leo Garner, a charming and calculating member of the Utrax operations team who is responsible for indoctrinating the trainees.
  • Skeete (Doctors) will play Terri Miller, an up and coming CIA officer who has been recruited to play a crucial role in cultivating the trainees.
  • Howell-Meri (Casualty) and Kiehl (Still Standing) will play Helen and Jules, who join a wolf pack of all-girl trainees.
FX's FARGO
  • Corey Hendrix and Matthew Elam have landed series regular roles on the upcoming fourth season of the anthology series. Hendrix has previously recurred on Showtime's The Chi. Elam is a recent graduate of the Theatre School at DePaul University.
  • Hendrix will play Omie Sparkman.
  • Elam will play Lemuel. 
NETFLIX's THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY
  • Rita Arya, Yusuf Gatewood and Marin Ireland have booked recurring roles on the drama's upcoming second season. Arya previously recurred on AMC's Humans. Gatewood starred for four seasons in The CW's The Originals. Ireland starred for three seasons in Amazon's Sneaky Pete.
  • Arya will play Lila, a chameleon who can be as brilliant or as clinically insane as the situation requires. Unpredictable, mischievous and sarcastic, she is gifted with a twisted sense of humor.
  • Gatewood will play Raymond, a born leader with the smarts, gravitas and the confidence to never have to prove it to anyone. He is warm, dedicated and has the innate ability to disarm you with a look. A devoted husband, he's the kind of guy everyone wants to know.
  • Ireland will play Sissy, a fearless, no-nonsense Texas mom who married young for all the wrong reasons. Still in her prime, she's eager to rediscover what life and love has to offer.
THE CW's ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO
  • Cassandra Jean Amell has been added to the drama's upcoming second season in a recurring role. She recently appeared in the Arrow and Supergirl episodes of the "Elseworlds" crossover event on The CW. Her guest credits also include The CW's Hart of Dixie, CBS' CSI: NY and AMC's Mad Men.
  • She will play Louise, an alien seeking refuge in 1947 Roswell. She finds that the inhabitants of this strange, frightening new world are significantly less welcoming than she expected. Though she's a pacifist by nature, when she's separated from her kids she has no choice but to fight to protect them at all costs.
CBS' ALL RISE
  • Mitch Silpa has been cast in a recurring role on the upcoming drama starring Simone Missick and Wilson Bethel. He has previously recurred on TV Land's Nobodies and ABC's Grey's Anatomy.
  • He will play Clayton Baker, a shrewd Deputy District Attorney who is willing to do whatever it takes to get ahead.
THE CW's IN THE DARK
  • Matt Murray has booked a recurring role on the drama's upcoming second season. He previously starred in the USA limited series Eyewitness and CBS' one-season comedy 9JKL.
  • He will play Gene, a young and hungry rookie cop who gets mistakenly roped into a scheme with Murphy (Perry Mattfeld) and Jess (Brooke Markham).
NETFLIX's SELENA: THE SERIES
  • Ricardo Chavira and Gabriel Chavarria will co-star on the upcoming drama starring Christian Serratos. Chavira previously starred for eight seasons in ABC's Desperate Housewives. He has also recurred on Netflix's Santa Clarita Diet, The CW's Jane the Virgin and ABC's Scandal. Chavarria starred in the first season of USA's anthology series The Purge.
  • Chavira will play Abraham, Selena's (Serratos) father, a savvy businessman determined to achieve the American dream.
  • Chavarria will play A.B. Quintanilla, Selena's brother, the mastermind behind the music. He plays bass guitar, produces and writes songs for Selena.