Thursday, March 5, 2026

Casting News - Melissa Fumero to Play Female Lead on 'Einstein'; Betty Gilpin Joins 'The Lowdown'; Plus 7 More Updates!

Casting News - March 5, 2026

Apple TV's Stick; CBS' Einstein; FOX's Baywatch; FX's The Lowdown; HBO's A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms & The White Lotus; Hulu's Chad Powers; Netflix's I Suck at Girls; and Paramount+'s Frisco King.




CBS' EINSTEIN
  • Melissa Fumero will play the female lead opposite Matthew Gray Gubler in the upcoming drama created by Andy Breckman. She previously starred for eight seasons in FOX/NBC's Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
  • She will play Teri, a Detective Inspector for the New Jersey State Police. Sharp and disciplined, she demands a lot from her colleagues and even more from herself, and feels conflicted about working with Professor Einstein (Gubler).
FX's THE LOWDOWN
  • Betty Gilpin has booked a recurring role on the drama's upcoming second season. She previously starred for three seasons in Showtime's Nurse Jackie and three seasons in Netflix's GLOW. She's also starred in multiple limited series recently - Starz's Gaslit, Peacock's Mrs. Davis, Starz's Three Women, Netflix's American Primeval and Netflix's Death by Lightning.
  • She will play Ginger. No additional details were immediately announced.
NETFLIX's I SUCK AT GIRLS
  • Kayo Martin, Jeremy Ray Taylor and Laila Pruitt will star in the upcoming comedy created by Justin Halpern and Patrick Schumacker. Martin previously starred in the 2025 film The Plague. Taylor starred in the It film franchise and recurred on ABC's Big Sky. Pruitt recurred on ABC's Will Trent and Starz's BMF.
  • Martin will play Steven. Taylor will play Garrett. Pruitt will play Anna.
HBO's THE WHITE LOTUS
  • Vincent Cassel, Corentin Fila and Nadia Tereszkiewicz have joined the cast of the upcoming fourth installment of the anthology drama. Cassel previously starred in the third season of HBO's Westworld and in the Apple TV limited series Liaison. Fila starred for two seasons in Netflix's Mortel and two seasons in the French series Escort Boys. Tereszkiewicz starred in the films Forever Young and Heads or Tails.
  • No details were immediately announced about the characters they will be playing.
PARAMOUNT+'s FRISCO KING
  • Asa Germann, Kai Caster, Lilah Pate and Savanna Gann have been cast as series regulars on the upcoming Tulsa King sequel starring Samuel L. Jackson. Germann currently stars in Prime Video's Gen V and the film Scream 7. Caster recurred on Paramount's Yellowstone and Prime Video's The Baxters. Pate starred in Prime Video's The Runarounds, which released its first season in September 2025. Gann recurred on FX's English Teacher and Netflix's His & Hers.
  • Germann will play Teddy, a sharp, savvy and entrepreneurial college dropout who gets Lee's (Jackson) attention.
  • Caster will play Keith, a polite valet at the local Sandman Hotel.
  • Pate will play London, a local cheerleading goddess recruited by Lee, who's not afraid to use her good looks to get what she wants.
  • Gann will play Avery, London's friend, a fellow cheerleader, who's also recruited to join Lee's crew.
HULU's CHAD POWERS
  • Colin Woodell, Gillian Jacobs, Carey O'Donnell and Nate Varrone will guest star on the comedy's upcoming second season. Woodell previously starred in the Peacock limited series The Continental. Jacobs starred for six seasons in NBC's Community and three seasons in Netflix's Love. O'Donnell is a writer and comedian. Varrone guest starred on FX's The Bear.
  • Woodell will play Jay, a charming, handsome and wealthy Catfish alum. Tricia (Wynn Everett) brings him to a Catfish game to try and recruit him as a booster.
  • Jacobs will play Jerri Dougan, Gerry's (Colton Ryan) sister. She is a Catfish fanatic who believes Chad Powers (Glen Powell) taking her brother's QB job is a conspiracy.
  • O'Donnell will play Mr. Brent, the head of USG cheerleading.
  • Varrone wil play Dustin, a guy who lives at the purported West Virginia residence of Chad Powers and is unwittingly dragged into the lie.
FOX's BAYWATCH
  • Jessica Belkin will co-star on the upcoming reboot of the syndicated drama starring Stephen Amell. She previously recurred on FX's American Horror Story and ABC's Speechless. She will next be seen in Prime Video's upcoming drama Elle.
  • She will play Charlie Vale, the biological daughter of Baywatch captain Hobie Buchannon (Amell) - the child he never knew. She leaves her complicated home life in Galveston and shows up on her father's doorstep with one goal: to earn her place as a Baywatch lifeguard. Fearless, passionate, and occasionally reckless, Charlie has all the makings of a Buchannon legend. She has a lot to learn, however, and the father she never met might be exactly the mentor she's always needed.
HBO's A KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS
  • Lucy Boynton, Babou Ceesay and Peter Mullan have joined the cast of the drama's upcoming second season. Boynton previously starred for two seasons in Netflix's The Politician and in the Britbox limited series A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story. Ceesay currently stars in FX's Alien: Earth, which has been renewed for a second season. Mullan starred for two seasons in Prime Video's The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power and recurred on Starz's Outlander: Blood of My Blood.
  • Boynton will play Lady Rohanne. Ceesay will play Ser Bennis. Mullan will play Ser Eustace Osgrey.
APPLE TV's STICK
  • Billy Zane has landed a recurring role on the comedy's upcoming second season. He previously starred in the Sky One limited series Curfew and the Peacock limited series MacGruber. He also recurred on Prime Video's The Boys and Netflix's True Story.
  • No details were immediately announced about the character he will be playing.