Thursday, April 15, 2021

Casting News - Fabien Frankel Set as Regular on 'House of the Dragon'; 'The Last O.G.' Adds Janet Hubert; Plus 2 More Updates!

Casting News - April 15, 2021

HBO's House of the Dragon & The Last of Us; Netflix's Outer Banks; and TBS' The Last O.G.





NETFLIX's OUTER BANKS
  • Carlacia Grant has been cast in a recurring role on the drama's upcoming second season. She has previously recurred on OWN's Greenleaf and NBC's Game of Silence.
  • She will play Celo, a Nassau girl. Confident and fearless, she is a formidable artful dodger, whose world collides with the Pogues.
TBS' THE LAST O.G.
  • Janet Hubert has joined the cast of the comedy's upcoming fourth season. She previously starred for three seasons in NBC's The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Since 2018, she has been recurring on ABC's daytime soap General Hospital.
  • She will play Miss May Miller, one of Roberta's (Anna Maria Horsford) oldest and dearest friends and weekly bid whist partner. As Brooklyn teens, they were rivals. However, in their later years, they settled into a strong friendship as part of a weekly card playing foursome who weigh in on the comings and goings of Tray's (Tracy Morgan) struggle to bring positive change to his community.
HBO's HOUSE OF THE DRAGON
  • Fabien Frankel is set as a series regular on the upcoming Game of Thrones prequel starring Paddy Considine, Olivia Cooke and Matt Smith. He previously recurred on Netflix's The Serpent. He also appeared in the 2019 feature film Last Christmas.
  • He will play Ser Criston Cole. Of Dornish descent, he is the common-born son of the steward to the Lord of Blackhaven. He has no claim to land or titles. All he has to his name is his honor and his preternatural skill with a sword.
HBO's THE LAST OF US
  • Gabriel Luna will co-star on the upcoming drama starring Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey. He has previously recurred on ABC's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and HBO's True Detective. He also starred in the 2019 feature film Terminator: Dark Fate.
  • He will play Tommy, Joel's (Pascal) younger brother, a former soldier who hasn't lost his sense of idealism and hope for a better world.