Thursday, July 15, 2021

Casting News - Jeffrey Pierce, Murray Bartlett and Con O'Nell Land Recurring Roles on 'The Last of Us'; Plus 2 More Updates!

Casting News - July 15, 2021

AMC's Moonhaven; HBO's The Last of Us; and Netflix's From Scratch.






HBO's THE LAST OF US
  • Jeffrey Pierce, Murray Bartlett and Con O'Neill have landed recurring roles on the upcoming drama starring Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey and Gabriel Luna. Pierce previously recurred on Amazons' Bosch and Hulu's Castle Rock. Bartlett currently stars in the HBO limited series The White Lotus, which just debuted last Sunday. O'Neill appeared in the HBO limited series Chernobyl.
  • Pierce will play Perry, a rebel in a quarantine zone.
  • Bartlett and O'Neill will play Frank and Bill, two post-pandemic survivalists living alone in their own isolated town.
NETFLIX's FROM SCRATCH
  • Saad Siddiqui has booked a recurring role on the upcoming limited series starring Zoe Saldana. He has previously recurred on Netflix's October Faction, CBS' SEAL Team, Hulu's The Hardy Boys and The CW's Coroner.
  • He will play Dr. Atluri, a kind and skilled doctor who shares life-changing news with Amy (Saldana) and Lino (Eugenio Mastrandrea).
AMC's MOONHAVEN
  • Ayelet Zurer will co-star on the upcoming drama starring Dominic Monaghan. She previously starred in the first season of Netflix's Daredevil and the first season of AppleTV+'s Losing Alice. She will next recur on the upcoming third season of Netflix's You.
  • She will play Maite Voss, the political leader of Moonhaven. Chosen and beloved by its citizens, she embodies the lunar mission to save humanity from self-destruction. Haunted by a troubled past, she is drawn into a madness that risks the future of Earth.