Thursday, March 24, 2022

Casting News - Whitney Cummings to Appear in 'Accused'; Domenick Lombardozzi and Vincent Piazza Join 'Tulsa King'

Casting News - March 24, 2022

FOX's Accused and Paramount+'s Tulsa King.






PARAMOUNT+'s TULSA KING
  • Max Casella, Domenick Lombardozzi, Vincent Piazza and Jay Will have joined the cast of the upcoming drama starring Sylvester Stallone. Casella previously recurred on TBS' The Detour and Showtime's Ray Donovan. Lombardozzi starred for three seasons in HBO's The Wire, two seasons in A&E's Breakout Kings, two seasons in FOX's Rosewood and in the HBO limited series Mrs. Fletcher. Piazza starred for five seasons in HBO's Boardwalk Empire. Will recurred on Amazon's The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
  • Casella will play Armand Truisi, an ambitious criminal operating under the patronage of the Invernizzi family.
  • Lombardozzi will play Charles "Chickie" Invernizzi, the underboss and de facto head of the Invernizzi crime family.
  • Piazza will play Vince Antonacci, Chickie's henchman.
  • Will will play Tyson, a quick-witted and eagle-eyed college graduate who acts tougher than he actually is and longs for a life far from his roots.
FOX's ACCUSED
  • Whitney Cummings will appear in the upcoming anthology drama starring Michael Chiklis. The stand-up comedian has produced four comedy specials - the most recent Can I Touch It? was released in 2019 on Netflix. She also created NBC's Whitney and CBS' 2 Broke Girls - which ran for two and six seasons, respectively.
  • She will play Brenda, an acerbic female stand-up comic who is forced to confront public opinion and courtroom biases after she reports being sexually assaulted.