Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Casting News - Steve Buscemi Joins Season 2 of 'Wednesday'; Phillipa Soo Boards 'Dr. Odyssey'; Plus 1 More Update!

Casting News - April 16, 2024

ABC's Dr. Odyssey; AppleTV+'s Government Cheese; and Netflix's Wednesday.





ABC's DR. ODYSSEY
  • Phillipa Soo will star opposite Joshua Jackson and Don Johnson in the upcoming drama created by Ryan Murphy. She received a Tony Award nomination in 2016 for her performance in the musical Hamilton. Recently, she starred in the Hulu limited series Dopesick and in the AppleTV+ limited series Shining Girls.
  • No details were immediately announced about the character she will be playing.
NETFLIX's WEDNESDAY
  • Steve Buscemi has joined the cast of the dramedy's upcoming second season. He has received eight Emmy Award nominations - winning in 2016 for producing the web series Park Bench with Steve Buscemi. He starred for five seasons in HBO's Boardwalk Empire and four seasons in TBS' Miracle Workers.
  • No details were immediately announced about the character he will be playing.
APPLE TV+'s GOVERNMENT CHEESE
  • Jahi Winston, Evan Alexander Ellison, Jeremy Bobb and Louis Cancelmi have been cast as series regulars on the upcoming drama starring David Oyelowo and Simone Missick. Winston previously starred in Netflix's one-season comedy Everything Sucks!. Ellison recurred on Netflix's Devil in Ohio. Bobb starred for two seasons in Cinemax's The Knick, in the HBO limited series The Outsider, and in the Peacock limited series The Continental. Cancelmi starred in the FX limited series A Murder at the End of the World.
  • No details were immediately announced about the characters they will be playing.