Casting News - August 13, 2025
FOX's Doc; HBO Max's Stuart Fails to Save the Universe; and Netflix's Big Mistakes & Monster.
FOX's Doc; HBO Max's Stuart Fails to Save the Universe; and Netflix's Big Mistakes & Monster.
NETFLIX's BIG MISTAKES
- Jack Innanen, Boran Kuzum, Abby Quinn, Elizabeth Perkins, Jacob Gutierrez, Joe Barbara, Josh Fadem and Mark Ivanir have joined the cast of the upcoming comedy starring Dan Levy, Taylor Ortega and Laurie Metcalf. Innanen currently stars in FX's Adults, which finished its first season in June 2025. Kuzum starred for two seasons in the Turkish drama Wounded Love. Quinn starred in the limited series revival of Mad About You on Spectrum. Perkins starred for five seasons in Showtime's Weeds, in the HBO limited series Sharp Objects and in the second season of AppleTV+'s The Afterparty. Gutierrez guest starred on CBS' Bull and AppleTV+'s Dear Edward. Barbara guest starred on CBS' Blue Bloods and FBI. Fadem recurred on AMC's Better Call Saul and FX's Reservation Dogs. Ivanir recurred on Showtime's Homeland and Paramount+'s Mayor of Kingstown.
- In series regular roles, Innanen will play Max, Kuzum will play Yusuf, and Quinn will play Natalie.
- In recurring roles, Perkins will play Annette, Gutierrez will play Tareq, Barbara will play Mike, Fadem will play Ashley, and Ivanir will play Ivan.
HBO MAX's STUART FAILS TO SAVE THE UNIVERSE
- Ryan Cartwright, Josh Brener and Tommy Walker have been cast in recurring roles on the upcoming The Big Bang Theory spinoff starring Kevin Sussman, Lauren Lapkus, Brian Posehn and John Ross Bowie. Cartwright previously starred for two seasons in Syfy's Alphas and two seasons in CBS' Kevin Can Wait. Brener starred for six seasons in HBO's Silicon Valley. Walker recurred on Nickelodeon's Henry Danger and Danger Force.
- Cartwright will play Kyle, a comic book nerd and a daily patron of Stuart's (Sussman) book store.
- Brener will play Trevor.
- Walker will play Gary, Denise's (Lapkus) handsome new boyfriend.
NETFLIX's MONSTER
- Charlie Hall will appear in a recurring role on the upcoming third installment of the anthology series starring Charlie Hunnam. He previously recurred on Hulu's Love, Victor, Freeform's Single Drunk Female, Max's The Sex Lives of College Girls and Peacock's Bel-Air.
- He will play Deputy Frank Worden, the son of Bernice Worden, owner of a hardware store and Ed Gein's (Hunnam) final victim. Alongside Waushara County Sheriff Arthur Schley, the lead investigator of the Gein investigation, he discovered his mother's remains at the family store. He played an essential role in Gein's identification, which led to his arrest.
FOX's DOC
- Emma Pfitzer Price has landed a recurring role on the drama's upcoming second season. She previously guest starred on Paramount+'s Evil, CBS' FBI: International and Peacock's Poker Face.
- She will play Hannah. Though whip-smart and warm, she is also tightly wound. From the moment of her arrival as an intern, she is extremely driven and eager to make a good impression and prove her worth to the whole IM team. Hannah is no stranger to adversity - after her father died and her family fell apart, she put herself through med school and has fought hard for everything she's achieved with a ferocious intensity. However, that intensity has a dark side - when Hannah discovers that someone at Westside holds the key to an unsettling family secret, she begins to unravel... wreaking havoc on her unsuspecting coworkers.