Casting News - March 19, 2026
Apple TV's The Morning Show & Presumed Innocent; FOX's Baywatch; Hulu's Reasonable Doubt; and Netflix's The God of the Woods.
Apple TV's The Morning Show & Presumed Innocent; FOX's Baywatch; Hulu's Reasonable Doubt; and Netflix's The God of the Woods.
NETFLIX's THE GOD OF THE WOODS
- Maya Hawke will star in the upcoming drama based on the novel by Liz Moore. She previously starred for three seasons in Netflix's Stranger Things and in the 2024 animated film Inside Out 2.
- She will play Judy Luptack. Smart and quietly determined, she is the first female investigator in the male-dominated Bureau of Criminal Investigation. She is assigned to unravel the disappearance of a young girl from a summer camp in upstate New York.
APPLE TV's THE MORNING SHOW
- Reneé Rapp has booked a recurring role on the drama's upcoming fifth season. She previously starred for two seasons in HBO Max's The Sex Lives of College Girls and in the 2024 musical film Mean Girls. She has also released two studio albums as a singer.
- She will play Samantha, a young rising star in the UBN news division determined to make it in media on her own terms.
APPLE TV's PRESUMED INNOCENT
- Judith Light has joined the cast of the upcoming second installment of the anthology drama. She previously starred for eight seasons in ABC's Who's the Boss?, three seasons in ABC's Ugly Betty, four seasons in Prime Video's Transparent, and in the Apple TV limited series Before. She has received five Emmy Award nominations - winning in 2023 for her guest role on Peacock's Poker Face.
- No details were immediately announced about the character she will be playing. She will star opposite Rachel Brosnahan, Matthew Rhys, Jack Reynor, Courtney B. Vance, Fiona Shaw, John Magaro, Michael Hsu Rosen, Lesley-Ann Brandt and Ji-young Yoo.
HULU's REASONABLE DOUBT
- Taylor Polidore Williams has landed a recurring role on the drama's upcoming fourth season. She currently stars in Netflix's Beauty in Black, which returned for the second half of its second season earlier today.
- No details were immediately announced about the character she will be playing.
FOX's BAYWATCH
- Ashley Moore, Kylar Miranda, Luke Eisner, Nadia Gray and Charlie McElveen will appear in recurring roles on the upcoming drama starring Stephen Amell. Moore previously starred in Prime Video's one-season drama I Know What You Did Last Summer. Miranda guest starred on FX's Mayans M.C. and Starz's Minx. Eisner starred in the Netflix film franchise Tall Girl. Gray recurred on CBS/OWN's All Rise. McElveen recurred on HBO Max's Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin and FX's Clipped.
- Moore will play Jasmine, a rookie lifeguard with a lot of skills and even more attitude. She's the mean girl of the beach, but there's nobody better in a crisis.
- Miranda will play Diego, an experienced lifeguard from East LA, the handyman of the Baywatch team.
- Eisner will play Koya, Luke's (Noah Beck) best friend among the rookies. He has some surprising and quirky depths under his surfer-boy looks.
- Gray will play Lisa, an EMT on the team assigned to the beach. She's a partner to the Baywatch team and friends with everyone. She has particular chemistry with one of the lifeguards.
- McElveen will play Ethan, a handsome and successful lawyer. He's a former colleague of Trina's (Shay Mitchell) who meets with her to discuss a potential assault case. He's dismissive towards the case despite his offer to help, and questions why Trina cares so much.
