Monday, April 3, 2023

Casting News - Two-Time 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Winner Jinkx Monsoon Joins Disney+'s 'Doctor Who'; Plus 2 More Updates!

Casting News - April 3, 2023

Disney+'s Doctor Who; HBO Max's Pretty Little Liars: Summer School; and Paramount+'s Lioness.





DISNEY+'s DOCTOR WHO
  • Jinkx Monsoon will appear in the drama's upcoming fourteenth season. They are a two-time winner of MTV's RuPaul's Drag Race - prevailing in Season 5 and All Stars 7. No details were immediately announced about the character they will be playing, though some quotes have been released.
  • Monsoon expressed, "I'm honored, thrilled, and utterly excited to join Doctor Who. Russell T Davies is a visionary and a brilliant writer - I can't wait to get into the weeds with him and the crew."
  • Davies added, "In a galaxy of comets and supernovas, here comes the biggest star of all. Jinkx Monsoon is on a collision course with the TARDIS, and Doctor Who will never be the same again."
PARAMOUNT+'s LIONESS
  • Thad Luckinbill has landed a recurring role on the upcoming drama starring Zoe Saldaña and Laysla De Oliveira. He previously starred on CBS' The Young and the Restless from 1999-2010.
  • He will play Kyle, an old friend of Joe's (Saldaña) who oversees a trafficking contact.
HBO MAX's PRETTY LITTLE LIARS: SUMMER SCHOOL
  • Elias Kacavas has been promoted to series regular on the drama's upcoming second season. He recurred throughout the drama's first season (when it was titled Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin) - appearing in all ten episodes.
  • He plays Greg, Kelly's (Mallory Bechtel) fun-loving boyfriend, who will find himself questioning his faith and values in the upcoming season.