Wednesday, August 17, 2022

Casting News - Tom Hollander, Calista Flockhart and Diane Lane to Star in 'Feud: Capote's Women'; Plus 3 More Updates!

Casting News - August 17, 2022

AppleTV+'s Sugar; FX's Feud: Capote's Women; Paramount+'s School Spirits; and Showtime's Yellowjackets





PARAMOUNT+'s SCHOOL SPIRITS
  • Kristian Flores, Spencer MacPherson, Kiara Pichardo, Sarah Yarkin, Nick Pugliese, Rainbow Wedell, Josh Zuckerman and Maria Dizzia will co-star on the upcoming drama starring Peyton List and Milo Manheim. Flores recurs on Hulu's upcoming comedy Reboot. MacPherson starred in the fourth season of The CW's Reign. Pichardo recurred on Netflix's The Society and AMC's Kevin Can F**k Himself. Yarkin starred in the Netflix film Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Pugliese wrote and starred in the short film Thank You for Being Here. Wedell starred for two seasons in the Australian drama The Bureau of Magical Things. Zuckerman recurred on Paramount+'s The Offer. Dizzia recurred on Netflix's Orange Is the New Black and HBO Max's The Staircase.
  • Flores will play Simon Elroy. MacPherson will play Xavier Baxter. Pichardo will play Nicole Herrera. Yarkin will play Rhonda. Pugliese will play Charley. Wedell will play Claire Zolinski. Zuckerman will play Mr. Martin. Dizzia will play Sandra Nears.
APPLE TV+'s SUGAR
  • Kirby Howell-Baptiste has joined the cast of the upcoming drama starring Colin Farrell. She previously starred in the first seasons of BBC America's Killing Eve and Paramount+'s Why Women Kill. She recently appeared in Netflix's The Sandman and will next be seen in Disney+'s upcoming drama Culprits.
  • No details were immediately announced about the character she will be playing.
SHOWTIME's YELLOWJACKETS
  • Simone Kessell has been cast as a new series regular on the drama's upcoming second season. Moreover, Courtney Eaton has been promoted to series regular for the new season. Kessell recently recurred on Disney+'s Obi-Wan Kenobi and HBO Max's Our Flag Means Death. Eaton recurred throughout the drama's first season - appearing in 10 episodes overall.
  • Kessell will play Adult Lottie Matthews - who is played as a teenager by Eaton.
FX's FEUD: CAPOTE'S WOMEN
  • Tom Hollander, Calista Flockhart, Chloë Sevigny and Diane Lane will star opposite Naomi Watts in the upcoming second installment of the anthology series. Hollander previously starred in the AMC limited series The Night Manager and next appears in the upcoming second season of HBO's The White Lotus. Flockhart starred for five seasons in FOX's Ally McBeal, five seasons in ABC's Brothers & Sisters and one season in The CW's Supergirl. Sevigny recently starred in the Hulu limited series The Girl From Plainville and in the second season of Netflix's Russian Doll. Lane starred in FX's one-season drama Y: The Last Man and next stars in Netflix's upcoming limited series A Man in Full.
  • Hollander will play Truman Capote. Flockhart will play Lee Radziwill. Sevigny will play C.Z. Guest. Lane will play Nancy "Slim" Keith.