Friday, April 5, 2024

Casting News - 'A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms' Casts Lead Roles; 'Forever' Rounds Out Main Cast; Plus 5 More Updates!

Casting News - April 5, 2024

AppleTV+'s Untitled Owen Wilson Comedy & Your Friends and Neighbors; HBO's A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight; Hulu's Only Murders in the Building; Max's Hacks; Netflix's Forever; and Paramount+'s Landman.



APPLE TV+'s UNTITLED OWEN WILSON COMEDY
  • Peter Dager will play the co-lead opposite Owen Wilson in the upcoming comedy created by Jason Keller. He previously appeared in the 2023 feature film Insidious: The Red Door.
  • He will play a 17-year-old golf phenom.
PARAMOUNT+'s LANDMAN
  • Octavio Rodriguez and J.R. Villarreal have booked recurring roles on the upcoming drama starring Billy Bob Thornton. Rodriguez previously recurred on Showtime's Homeland and ABC's Grey's Anatomy. Villarreal starred in Disney Channel's one-season comedy Ultra Violet & Black Scorpion.
  • Rodriguez will play Antonio, a hard man who is angry when his family suffers a tragedy.
  • Villarreal will play Manuel, an oil crewman who is looking for reprisal after a disaster.
HBO's A KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS: THE HEDGE KNIGHT
  • Peter Claffey and Dexter Sol Ansell will star in the upcoming drama created by George R.R. Martin and Ira Parker - the second prequel set in the Game of Thrones universe. Claffey previously starred for two seasons in BBC Three's Wreck. Sol Ansell appeared in the 2023 feature film The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.
  • Set a century before the events of Game of Thrones, the new series follows two unlikely heroes who wandered Westeros, a young, naive but courageous knight, Ser Duncan the Tall (Claffey), and his diminutive squire, Egg (Sol Ansell). Set in an age when the Targaryen line still holds the Iron Throne and the memory of the last dragon has not yet passed, great destinies, powerful foes and dangerous exploits all await these improbable and incomparable friends.
HULU's ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING
  • Desmin Borges, Siena Werber and Lilian Rebelo have landed recurring roles on the comedy's upcoming fourth season. Borges previously starred for five seasons in FXX's You're the Worst and recurred on FOX's Welcome to Flatch. Werber recurred on Netflix's Brand New Cherry Flavor. Rebelo will make her television acting debut on the comedy.
  • No details were immediately announced about the characters they will be playing.
APPLE TV+'s YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS
  • Sandrine Holt and Corbin Bernsen have been cast in recurring roles on the upcoming drama starring Jon Hamm. Holt previously recurred on USA's Mr. Robot, Showtime's Homeland, NBC's Law & Order: SVU, Amazon's The Expanse and AMC's Better Call Saul. Bernsen starred for eight seasons in NBC's L.A. Law and eight seasons in USA's Psych.
  • No details were immediately announced about the characters they will be playing.
MAX's HACKS
  • J. Smith-Cameron is set for a recurring role on the comedy's upcoming third season. She previously starred for three seasons in HBO's Succession, receiving two Emmy Award nominations for her supporting performance.
  • No details were immediately announced about the character she will be playing. 
NETFLIX's FOREVER
  • Xosha Roquemore, Marvin Lawrence Winans III, Barry Shabaka Henley, Ali Gallo, Niles Fitch, Paigion Walker and E'myri Crutchfield have joined the cast of the upcoming drama starring Lovie Simone and Michael Cooper Jr. Roquemore previously starred for five seasons in FOX/Hulu's The Mindy Project. Winans recurred on ABC's Abbott Elementary. Henley currently stars in CBS' Bob Hearts Abishola, which is now airing its fifth and final season. Gallo guest starred on Disney's Bunk'd and Max's The Sex Lives of College Girls. Fitch starred for five seasons in NBC's This Is Us. Walker guest starred on BET+'s Zatima and The CW's All American. Crutchfield starred in the fourth season of FX's Fargo.
  • Roquemore will play Shelly, Keisha's (Simone) mother. No stranger to hard work and hard knocks, she has never had a lot but has always taken care of her family.
  • Winans will play Jaden, Justin's (Cooper) younger, and often annoying, brother, who idolizes his big brother and enjoys any chance he gets to hang with him.
  • Henley will play George, Keisha's grandfather. Laid back and funny, he looks out for his granddaughter, acting as her surrogate father and protector - giving her advice and taking an active interest in her life.
  • Gallo will play Chloe, Keisha's best friend and confidante. Self-assured, outgoing and sometimes immersed in her own self-involved and naive bubble, she is a popular girl who comes from wealth but always has Keisha's best interest at heart.
  • Fitch will play Darius, Justin's assertive best friend. Athletic, charming and focused on girls, he loves to offer what he thinks is sage advice to a more tentative and less confident Justin. But at the end of the day, he is loyal and always helping Justin come out of his shell.
  • Walker will play Tiffany, one of Keisha's older cousins. Beautiful and stylish, she loves her new role as a mother but still wants to cling onto her old life as much as possible - even if that means leaving for the bathroom to pump during a girls night out.
  • Crutchfield will play Tammy, Keisha's rival on their high school track team. Confident, cute and athletic, she's willing to do whatever it takes to regain the number one spot that Keisha stole from her.