Tuesday, March 9, 2021

Casting News - Annie Murphy Joins Season 2 of 'Russian Doll'; Josh Holloway to Star in 'Duster'; Plus 3 More Updates!

Casting News - March 9, 2021

AppleTV+'s The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey; HBO Max's Duster; Netflix's Russian Doll; Showtime's The First Lady; and Spectrum's Long Slow Exhale.





NETFLIX's RUSSIAN DOLL
  • Annie Murphy has joined the cast of the comedy's upcoming second season. She previously starred for six seasons in Pop's Schitt's Creek, which earned her an Emmy Award last year for the final season. She next stars in AMC's upcoming dramedy Kevin Can F**k Himself.
  • No details were immediately released about the character she will be playing.
APPLE TV+'s THE LAST DAYS OF PTOLEMY GREY
  • Dominique Fishback has been cast as a series regular on the upcoming limited series starring Samuel L. Jackson. She currently stars in the film Judas and the Black Messiah, which is now available on HBO Max. On television, she previously starred for two seasons in HBO's The Deuce and in the HBO limited series Show Me a Hero.
  • She will play Robyn, a friend of the family who helps Ptolemy (Jackson).
HBO MAX's DUSTER
  • Josh Holloway will play the lead role in the upcoming drama created by J.J. Abrams and LaToya Morgan. He previously starred for six seasons in ABC's Lost (which Abrams co-created) and three seasons in USA's Colony. He recently recurred on Paramount's Yellowstone.
  • He will play a gutsy getaway driver for a growing crime syndicate that goes from awful to wildly, stupidly, dangerously awful.
SHOWTIME's THE FIRST LADY
  • Lexi Underwood has booked a recurring role on the upcoming anthology drama starring Viola Davis, Michelle Pfeiffer and Gillian Anderson. She previously starred in the Hulu limited series Little Fires Everywhere.
  • She will play Malia Obama, Barack (O-T Fagbenle) and Michelle Obama's (Davis) oldest daughter, whose open mind and intelligence pushes her parents to make socially conscious decisions.
SPECTRUM's LONG SLOW EXHALE
  • Famke Janssen will co-star on the upcoming drama starring Rose Rollins and Josh Lucas. She previously starred in the Netflix limited series When They See Us. She has also recurred on ABC's How to Get Away With Murder and NBC's The Blacklist.
  • She will play Dr. Melinda Barrington, the Chancellor of the University.