Thursday, February 29, 2024

Casting News - Scott Speedman Joins 'Teacup'; 'The Lincoln Lawyer' Adds Merrin Dungey; Plus 2 More Updates!

Casting News - February 29, 2024

Netflix's The Lincoln Lawyer & Outer Banks; Peacock's Teacup; and Showtime's The Chi.





NETFLIX's OUTER BANKS
  • Pollyanna McIntosh, J. Anthony Crane, Brianna Brown, Rigo Sanchez and Mia Challis have booked recurring roles on the drama's upcoming fourth season. McIntosh currently stars in AMC's The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live, which debuted earlier this week. Crane previously guest starred on Amazon's Dead Ringers and Showtime's Billions. Brown starred for two seasons in Lifetime's Devious Maids and recurred on The CW's Dynasty. Sanchez starred in the fifth season of TNT's Animal Kingdom and recurred on ABC's Station 19. Challis recurred on Netflix's Clickbait.
  • McIntosh will play Dalia, a revolutionary-like leader and worldly baddie on a plunder who comes face to face with the Pogues.
  • Crane will play Chandler Groff, a man darkly grief-stricken over the loss of his wife, who is welcoming to the Pogues on their latest adventure. 
  • Brown will play the biggest realtor on the island who previously worked with Ward Cameron (Charles Esten) in a successful business deal. She now has her eye on Rafe (Drew Starkey) for a new venture.
  • Sanchez will play an imposing stranger with a piratical nerve.
  • Challis will play Ruthie, a wild child with a toxic streak who develops a close relationship with Topper (Austin North).
NETFLIX's THE LINCOLN LAWYER
  • Merrin Dungey, Allyn Moriyon, John Pirrucello and Philip Anthony-Rodriguez have landed recurring roles on the drama's upcoming third season. Dungey previously starred for two seasons in ABC's Alias and two seasons in Starz's Shining Vale. Moriyon will make his acting debut on the drama. Pirrucello recurred on HBO's Barry and Showtime's Twin Peaks: The Return. Anthony-Rodriguez recurred on Paramount+'s SEAL Team and Freeform's Good Trouble.
  • Dungey will play Judge Regina Turner, a former public defender who is younger and more progressive than most judges in the district, but whether that's a benefit to Mickey (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo) or not remains to be seen.
  • Moriyon will play Eddie Rojas, a fitness buff and former babysitter to Hayley (Krista Warner) who needs a very good lawyer. Luckily, Mickey can help him and then offers him the opportunity of a lifetime.
  • Pirruccello will play William Forsythe, a seemingly non-threatening prosecutor who Mickey is excited to go up against. But once the trial starts, it's clear nothing is as it seems.
  • Anthony-Rodriguez will play Adam Suarez, the Chief Deputy District Attorney, to whom prosecutor Andrea Freeman (Yaya DaCosta) reports and who proves to be a force with whom she must reckon.
SHOWTIME's THE CHI
  • Kadeem Hardison, Leon, Brett Gray and Daniel J. Watts are set for recurring roles on the drama's sixth season. Hardison previously starred for six seasons in NBC's A Different World and three seasons in Disney's K.C. Undercover. Leon recurred on Showtime's City on a Hill and guest starred on Amazon's Swarm. Gray starred for four seasons in Netflix's On My Block and in the Amazon limited series I'm a Virgo. Watts received a Tony Award nomination in 2020 for his featured role in the musical Tina
  • Hardison will play Professor Gardner, a college literature professor.
  • Leon will play Alonzo, a charming, street-savvy attorney with ties to Alicia (Lynn Whitfield).
  • Gray will play Damien, a whip-smart young man who will impact Emmett's (Jacob Latimore) life in more ways than one.
  • Watts will play Pastor Ezekiel, a charismatic pastor of a megachurch.
PEACOCK's TEACUP
  • Scott Speedman and Chaske Spencer have joined the cast of the upcoming drama starring Yvonne Strahovski. Speedman previously starred for four seasons in The WB's Felicity, three seasons in TNT's Animal Kingdom and two seasons in ABC's Grey's Anatomy. Spencer starred in the Amazon limited series The English and in the Disney+ limited series Echo.
  • Speedman will play James Chenoweth. Spencer will play Ruben Shanley.