Casting News - May 6, 2025
AppleTV+'s Cape Fear; NBC's Law & Order: SVU; Netflix's A Man on the Inside; and Prime Video's Off Campus.
AppleTV+'s Cape Fear; NBC's Law & Order: SVU; Netflix's A Man on the Inside; and Prime Video's Off Campus.
NETFLIX's A MAN ON THE INSIDE
- Constance Marie, David Strathairn, Gary Cole, Jason Mantzoukas, Jill Talley, Linda Park, Lisa Gilroy, Madison Hu, Max Greenfield, Michaela Conlin and Sam Huntington have joined the cast of the comedy's upcoming second season.
- Marie (George Lopez, Switched at Birth) will play Vanessa, a former con-artist who serves as a part-time-source on the criminal underworld for Julie (Lilah Richcreek Estrada).
- Strathairn (Alphas, The Expanse) will play Dr. Cole, the Head of the English Department at Wheeler College, and the most famous and popular professor on campus.
- Cole (NCIS, Veep) will play Brad Vinick, a successful businessman whose sizable donation to his alma mater starts a chain reaction that leads to Charles (Ted Danson) getting hired.
- Mantzoukas (Taskmaster, Big Mouth) will play Apollo Lambrakis, an affable contractor who dreams of writing the Great American Novel.
- Talley (Mr. Show, SpongeBob SquarePants) will play Holly Bodgemark, the overworked, perpetually-frazzled Provost of Wheeler College.
- Park (Bosch, For All Mankind) will play Elizabeth Muki, the director of the Fine Arts Department at Wheeler College.
- Gilroy (Interior Chinatown, Jury Duty) will play Kelseigh Rose, a budding photographer and the new wife of billionaire Brad Vinick.
- Hu (The Brothers Sun, Boogeyman) will play Claire, a Wheeler College junior who works multiple campus jobs to pay for her tuition.
- Greenfield (New Girl, The Neighborhood) will play Jack Beringer, the charismatic President of Wheeler College, whose job requires him to raise money from wealthy graduates.
- Conlin (Bones, For All Mankind) will play Andrea Yi, who teaches economics at Wheeler College, and is excited about the changes coming to the school.
- Huntington (Superman Returns, Being Human) will play Max Griffin, a rabble-rousing professor of journalism at Wheeler College.
APPLE TV+'s CAPE FEAR
- Anna Baryshnikov, Jamie Hector and Clara Wong will co-star on the upcoming limited series starring Javier Bardem, Amy Adams, Patrick Wilson and CCH Pounder. Baryshnikov previously starred for three seasons in AppleTV+'s Dickinson. Hector starred for seven seasons in Prime Video's Bosch and in the HBO limited series We Own This City. Wong recurred on Prime Video's Goliath and Showtime's Billions.
- No details were immediately announced about the characters they will be playing.
NBC's LAW & ORDER: SVU
- Octavio Pisano and Juliana Aidén Martinez will be departing the cast of the veteran drama following its 26th season. The drama has not yet officially been renewed for a 27th season. With the pickup likely though, writer Michele Fazekas is returning to the show as showrunner and executive producer.
- Pisano plays Detective Joe Velasco. He joined the cast as a series regular early on in its 23rd season. He will leave after four seasons.
- Martinez plays Detective Kate Silva. She was added to the main cast at the start of the 26th season. She'll depart after only one season.
PRIME VIDEO's OFF CAMPUS
- Ella Bright, Belmont Cameli, Josh Heuston, Mika Abdalla, Antonio Cipriano, Jalen Thomas Brooks and Stephen Kalyn will play the lead roles on the upcoming drama based on the novels by Elle Kennedy. Bright currently stars in BBC's Malory Towers, which has been renewed for a sixth and seventh season. Cameli starred for two seasons in Peacock's Saved by the Bell. Heuston starred in the first season of Netflix's Heartbreak High and recurred on HBO's Dune: Prophecy. Abdalla starred for six seasons in Netflix's Project Mc2. Cipriano starred in Disney+'s one-season drama National Treasure: Edge of History and recurred on Max's Pretty Little Liars: Summer School. Brooks recurred on The CW's Walker and Max's The Pitt. Kalyn guest starred on FOX's Accused and Prime Video's Cruel Intentions.
- Bright will play Hannah, a wry, hockey-hating music major.
- Cameli will play Garrett, Briar University's playboy star hockey player.
- Heuston will play Justin, Hannah's longtime crush, a college rock band singer.
- Abdalla will play Allie. Cipriano will play Logan. Brooks will play Tucker. Kalyn will play Dean.