NETFLIX's LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE
- Alice Halsey, Luke Bracey, Crosby Fitzgerald and Skywalker Hughes will star in the upcoming drama based on the novels by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Halsey previously recurred on AppleTV+'s Lessons in Chemistry. Bracey starred in the film Elvis and recurred on Hulu's Little Fires Everywhere. Fitzgerald recurred on AppleTV+'s Palm Royale. Hughes starred for two seasons in Paramount+'s Joe Pickett.
- Halsey will play Laura Ingalls. Everyone sees themselves in Laura. That's why these books endure. Laura is a disruptor. Honest to a fault. Questions authority. She's our window into this adventure. An American icon in waiting. Forget your modern ideas of childhood - the stakes are high for children living in the 19th century. They have responsibilities - and freedoms - that seem extraordinary in this era of helicopter parenting. Mixed in with small pleasures and petty disputes with her older sister are true feats of survival and bravery. She is observant, tender, strong-willed, hot-tempered. She resists the bounds of 19th-century ladylike behavior - she likes to run barefoot and feel the sun on her face. She is curious, optimistic and fearless, like her father; resourceful, hardworking and honest, like her mother. She is quick to call out anyone who is cruel or unjust. She loves fiercely and unapologetically and is utterly devoted to her dog, Jack. She rubs some adults the wrong way - too many hard questions, too much personality, too much energy - but to the people who matter, she's a bright light. She absorbs every detail she sees around her, collecting them for stories she will someday share with the world.
- Bracey will play Charles Ingalls. He won his wife's heart by carrying her three miles through the snow to a winter dance. He's a man who'd fit in seamlessly into the 21st century. Ruggedly handsome, charming, outgoing. A farmer and a trapper. A carpenter and an artist. A poet, a musician, a skilled storyteller. The original Girl Dad. He is an optimist, always glass half-full. But he is also a wanderer. A seeker. A man forever in search of greener pastures.
- Fitzgerald will play Caroline Ingalls. She did not marry her husband out of convenience - they fell truly madly deeply in love. It was a great romance - and it still is. She's got a playful side, a romantic side - but at the end of the day, she's the one who keeps this family on track. Like moms do. She's quiet and patient and practical - but with a core of steel. She gave up her teaching career to have a family, but that yearning for independence never quite went away. Her marriage is one of equals - something rare in the 19th century. And though her trust in her husband is tested, the strength of their love endures.
- Hughes will play Mary Ingalls, Laura's older sister and polar opposite. A ruler follower. Quiet and studious. Always angling to be the good daughter, the obedient one, the ladylike one, the prettier one. Other parents love Mary. Unlike her sister, she is uncomfortable in the natural world: the sun is too hot, the snow is too cold. She loves pretty ribbons and reading poetry and long afternoons of sewing. In other words, Laura and Mary are oil and water. Best friends and mortal enemies. They love each other deeply and hate each other intensely. But in the end, they always have each other's backs - there is no choice but to protect each other in this wild new landscape.
