Thursday, April 23, 2026

Casting News - Sophia Bush Books Recurring Role on "Count My Lies"; Method Man Joins "A Different World"

Casting News - April 23, 2026

Hulu's Count My Lies and Netflix's A Different World.






HULU's COUNT MY LIES
  • Sophia Bush has booked a recurring role on the upcoming limited series starring Lindsay Lohan, Shailene Woodley and Kit Harington. She previously starred for nine seasons in The WB/The CW's One Tree Hill and four seasons in NBC's Chicago P.D. She also recurred on ABC's Grey's Anatomy.
  • She will play Allison, a stylish Tribeca architect and mother.
NETFLIX's A DIFFERENT WORLD
  • Clifford "Method Man" Smith and Norman Nixon Jr. have landed recurring roles on the upcoming comedy. Meanwhile, Karen Malina White and Ajai Sanders are the latest actors from the original series to reprise their roles in the sequel. Smith previously starred for four seasons in Starz's Power Book II: Ghost. Nixon starred for two seasons in BET's Haus of Vicious and recurred on ABC's Grey's Anatomy. Both White and Sanders starred in the sixth and final season of the original NBC series and appeared as guest stars before then.
  • Smith will play Coach Coles. Nixon will play Professor Baptiste. White plays Charmaine Brown. Sanders plays Gina Deveaux.