Friday, February 13, 2026

Casting News - Stephen Amell to Star in 'Baywatch'; 'The Gilded Age' Promotes Jordan Donica; Plus 2 More Updates!

Casting News - February 13, 2026

CBS' Cupertino; FOX's Baywatch; HBO's The Gilded Age; and Starz's Power Book III: Raising Kanan.





FOX's BAYWATCH
  • Stephen Amell will play the lead role in the upcoming reboot of the syndicated drama created by Matt Nix. He previously starred for eight seasons in The CW's Arrow and two seasons in Starz's Heels.
  • He will play Hobie Buchannon, a Baywatch Captain following in the footsteps of his legendary father, Mitch (played in the original series by David Hasselhoff). His world is turned upside down when Charlie, the daughter he never knew, shows up on his doorstep, eager to carry on the Buchannon family legacy and become a Baywatch lifeguard alongside her dad.
CBS' CUPERTINO
  • Nik Dodani has been cast as a series regular on the upcoming drama starring Mike Colter, Rachel Keller and Renee Elise Goldsberry. He previously starred for four seasons in Netflix's Atypical and recurred on Netflix's Trinkets.
  • He will play Vik, a coder with a comic sensibility who seeks out Michael (Colter) and Olivia (Keller) for representation in a last-ditch effort when his own tech-employer turns against him.
STARZ's POWER BOOK III: RAISING KANAN
  • Leslie Grossman has booked a recurring role on the drama's upcoming fifth and final season. She previously starred for four seasons in FX's American Horror Story. She also recurred on Hulu's Love, Victor and Netflix's Monster: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.
  • She will play Florence "Flossie" Siegel, Manhattan's most prolific madam. She lives a polished, luxurious lifestyle on the surface, but as the daughter of a Jewish mobster, she's her father through and through: tough, shrewd, and strategic.
HBO's THE GILDED AGE
  • Jordan Donica and Ashlie Atkinson have been promoted to series regulars for the drama's upcoming fourth season. Meanwhile, six actors have been added to the recurring cast: Taylor Trensch, James Scully, Dennis Haysbert, Maggie Kuntz, Neal Huff and Bonnie Milligan.
  • Donica plays Dr. William Kirkland, a kind and handsome doctor from a prominent Newport family. In the third season finale, he proposed to Peggy (DenĂ©e Benton).
  • Atkinson plays Mamie Fish, a socialite in New York City.
  • Trensch (Floyd Collins) will play Oliver, a new addition to the van Rhijn household.
  • Scully (You, Titans) will play Lee Klein, an artist who sells his first painting at an unforgettable society event. He is an apprentice to the famed artist William Merritt Chase.
  • Haysbert (24, The Unit) will play Dr. Reginald Harris, William's mentor, who visits New York to fundraise for the Freedman's Hospital in Washington, D.C. and makes a surprising connection.
  • Kuntz (John Proctor Is the Villain) will play Fiona Summers, a cousin to the prominent Astors. She is a free-spirited young woman from a good family who is not afraid to explore the limits of convention.
  • Huff (Mare of Easttown, The Sinner) will play John D. Rockefeller, the famed businessman and oil tycoon. A thin, self-made man of humble origins, now one of the richest and most powerful in the world. A devout Baptist and philanthropist, he does not always see eye to eye with his fellow robber barons.
  • Milligan (Kimberly Akimbo) will play Mrs. Knapp Curtis, the trailblazing editor of the popular periodical The Ladies' Home Journal.