Friday, May 9, 2025

Casting News - 'Elle' Adds Five as Recurring Guest Stars; Costa D'Angelo Joins 'Tell Me Lies' as Series Regular

Casting News - May 9, 2025

Hulu's Tell Me Lies and Prime Video's Elle.






PRIME VIDEO's ELLE
  • Lisa Yamada, Chloe Wepper, David Burtka, Brad Harder and Kayla Maisonet have booked recurring roles on the upcoming Legally Blonde prequel starring Lexi Minetree. Yamada has starred on CBS' The Bold and the Beautiful since 2023. Wepper recurred on Paramount+'s Star Trek: Picard and ABC's The Rookie. Burtka recurred on CBS' How I Met Your Mother and Netflix's A Series of Unfortunate Events. Harder guest starred on Netflix's Virgin River and Freeform's Cruel Summer. Maisonet starred for three seasons in Disney's Stuck in the Middle and recurred on ABC's Speechless
  • Yamada will play Amber, a Bel Air high school friend in Elle's (Minetree) social circle.
  • Wepper will play Ms. Burke, Elle's chemistry teacher and choreographer to the high school cheer team.
  • Burtka will play Chad, a neighbor to Elle's family.
  • Harder will play Charlie, Chad's husband.
  • Maisonet will play Tiffany, a Bel Air high school friend in Elle's social circle.
HULU's TELL ME LIES
  • Costa D'Angelo has been cast as a new series regular on the drama's upcoming third season. He previously recurred on the Australian soap opera Neighbours and stars in Netflix's upcoming limited series East of Eden.
  • He will play Alex, a psychology grad student and part-time drug dealer who has a complicated past with Bree (Cat Missal). Although he initially comes off as aloof and borderline rude, it quickly becomes clear that there are hidden depths to him.