Casting News - October 1, 2025
AppleTV+'s Presumed Innocent; NBC's Happy's Place; and Prime Video's Vought Rising.
AppleTV+'s Presumed Innocent; NBC's Happy's Place; and Prime Video's Vought Rising.
APPLE TV+'s PRESUMED INNOCENT
- Fiona Shaw has joined the cast of the upcoming second installment of the anthology drama starring Rachel Brosnahan, Jack Reynor and Matthew Rhys. She previously starred for four seasons in BBC America's Killing Eve, in the first season of Disney+'s Andor, in the HBO limited series True Detective: Night Country, and in the second season of AppleTV+'s Bad Sisters.
- No details were immediately announced about the character she will be playing.
PRIME VIDEO's VOUGHT RISING
- Cecily Strong, Mark Pellegrino, Eric Johnson and Annie Shapero have booked recurring roles on the upcoming The Boys prequel starring Jensen Ackles and Aya Cash. Strong previously starred for eleven seasons in NBC's Saturday Night Live and two seasons in AppleTV+'s Schmigadoon. Pellegrino starred in the fourth season of Netflix's 13 Reasons Why and two seasons in Showtime/Prime Video's American Rust. Johnson starred for two seasons in Cinemax's The Knick and in the sixth season of History's Vikings. Shapero recurs on the upcoming third season of HBO's House of the Dragon.
- No details were immediately announced about the characters they will be playing.
NBC's HAPPY'S PLACE
- JoAnna Garcia Swisher is the latest Reba alum to reunite with Reba McEntire and Melissa Peterman on the comedy's upcoming second season. She previously starred in all six seasons of The WB/The CW sitcom. She currently stars in Netflix's Sweet Magnolias, which has been renewed for a fifth season.
- She will play Kenzie, a local Knoxville influencer who has been hired to represent Happy's Place for their upcoming social media marketing campaign and all of it is much to Bobbie's (McEntire) chagrin.