Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Casting News - 'Orange Is the New Black' Adds More Poussey; 'The Mentalist' Ups Joe Adler to Regular; Plus 3 More Updates!

Casting News - June 11, 2014

A&E's The Returned; ABC's The Whispers; CBS' The Mentalist; Netflix's Orange Is the New Black; and Showtime's Homeland.





A&E's THE RETURNED
  • Tandi Wright (Jack the Giant Slayer) has been cast on the upcoming drama series starring Mark Pellegrino. She will play Claire, the estranged wife of Jack (Pellegrino) and mother to Lena (Sophie Lowe).
NETFLIX's ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK
  • After recurring throughout the first two seasons, Samira Wiley has been promoted to series regular for the prison dramedy's third season. She plays fan favorite inmate Poussey Washington.
CBS' THE MENTALIST
  • Joe Adler has been promoted to series regular for the procedural's upcoming seventh season. He plays Jason Wylie, the lighthearted and brilliant FBI computer expert. He appeared in nearly every episode of the drama's sixth season after it underwent a creative reboot.
SHOWTIME's HOMELAND
  • Raza Jaffrey (Smash) and Michael O'Keefe (Michael Clayton) have booked recurring roles on the drama's upcoming fourth season. Jaffrey will play Aasar Khan, a decorated lieutenant-colonel in the Pakistan intelligence service. O'Keefe will play deputy station chief John Redmond, stationed in the CIA's Pakistan outpost and serving as No. 2 to Sandy (Corey Stoll).
ABC's THE WHISPERS
  • After appearing in the pilot, Brianna Brown is exiting the drama series - set for a midseason 2015 debut. She played Lena, Wes' (Barry Sloane) wife and a photojournalist. The role will be recast and her scenes in the pilot will be re-shot.