Tuesday, March 8, 2022

Casting News - Nick Offerman Joins 'The Resort'; 'Industry' Adds Jay Duplass as Series Regular; Plus 4 More Updates!

Casting News - March 8, 2022

AppleTV+'s Hello Tomorrow!; The CW's Tom Swift; Disney+'s National Treasure; HBO's Industry; Netflix's One Piece; and Peacock's The Resort.





HBO's INDUSTRY
  • Jay Duplass, Sonny Poon Tip and Katrine De Candole are set as new series regulars on the drama's upcoming second season. Duplass previously starred for four seasons in Amazon's Transparent and in the Netflix limited series The Chair. Poon Tip recurred on BBC One's Holby City. De Candole recurred on Syfy's Dominion and guest starred on The CW's Pandora.
  • Duplass will play Jesse Boom, a reputable hedge fund manager who has just emigrated to the UK.
  • Poon Tip will play Leo Bloom, Jesse's wayward son.
  • De Candole will play Celeste Pacquet, a multilingual wealth manager who works in Pierpoint's Private Wealth Management division.
PEACOCK's THE RESORT
  • Nick Offerman has joined the cast of the upcoming anthology drama starring William Jackson Harper and Cristin Milioti. He previously starred for seven seasons in NBC's Parks & Recreation, in the FX limited series Devs and in the Netflix limited series Colin in Black & White. He currently stars in FOX's The Great North, which has been renewed for a third season, and in the Hulu limited series Pam & Tommy, which releases its finale tomorrow.
  • He will play Murray Thompson, Violet's (Nina Bloomgarden) father.
NETFLIX's ONE PIECE
  • Morgan Davies, Ilia Isorelį»³s Paulino, Aidan Scott, Jeff Ward, McKinley Belcher III and Vincent Regan have been cast as series regulars on the upcoming drama based on the Japanese manga series. Davis previously starred in the Australian drama The End. Paulino currently stars in HBO Max's The Sex Lives of College Girls, which has been renewed for a second season. Scott appeared in the Netflix film The Kissing Booth 2. Ward starred for two seasons in ABC's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Belcher recurred on Netflix's Ozark. Regan starred in the fifth season of BBC One's Poldark.
  • Davies will play Koby. Paulino will play Alvida. Scott will play Helmepoo. Ward will play Buggy. Belcher will play Arlong. Regan will play Garp.
APPLE TV+'s HELLO TOMORROW!
  • Michael Paul Chan has booked a recurring role on the upcoming drama starring Billy Crudup. He previously starred for five seasons in TNT's The Closer and seven seasons in its spinoff Major Crimes. He also has recurred on FOX's The Resident.
  • He will play Walt, a gifted but surly rocket mechanic with a deep and secret connection to Jack's (Crudup) past.
DISNEY+'s NATIONAL TREASURE
  • Breeda Wool has landed a recurring role on the upcoming drama starring Lisette Alexis and Catherine Zeta-Jones. She previously starred for one season in Lifetime's UnREAL and three seasons in Audience Network's Mr. Mercedes.
  • She will play Kacey, a sarcastic, kick-ass henchwoman and Billie's (Zeta-Jones) second-in-command.
THE CW's TOM SWIFT
  • Ward Horton will appear in a recurring role on the upcoming Nancy Drew spinoff starring Tian Richards. He is currently recurring on HBO's The Gilded Age.
  • He will play Congressman Nathan Eskol, a self-assured, charismatic, shrewd powerbroker and longtime friend of the Swift family. He's a respected and progressive politician with a hidden agenda that will complicate Tom's (Richards) life.