Casting News - June 5, 2014
E!'s The Royals; HBO's The Comeback; Netflix's Narcos; OWN's If Loving You Is Wrong; Showtime's Homeland; and USA's Royal Pains & Rush.
E!'s THE ROYALS
- Merritt Patterson (Ravenswood) has joined the cast of the upcoming drama series. She will play an American girl whose father is the head of security for the royal family in modern day London. She is in a clandestine relationship with the prince (William Moseley) much to the dismay of the disapproving queen (Elizabeth Hurley).
SHOWTIME's HOMELAND
- Life of Pi star Suraj Sharma has landed a major recurring role on the drama's upcoming fourth season. He will play Aayan Ibrahim, a Pakistani medical student who crosses paths with Carrie (Claire Danes).
USA's RUSH
- Harry Hamlin (Mad Men) and Rachel Nichols (Continuum) have booked recurring roles on the new drama series. Hamlin will play Warren, Rush's (Tom Ellis) estranged father, a retired doctor who has been a controlling, domineering and judgmental presence in his son's life. Nichols will play Corrine, Warren's much younger "trophy wife, who thinks the life she has is what she wants, but in truth, she's yearning for something more.
- Additionally, Victoria Smurfit (Dracula) and Jesse Luken (Justified) will guest in the second episode of the drama's first season. Smurfit will play Isabel Thoreau, a celebrated life coach. Luken will play Troy Huntsman, an up-and-coming MMA fighter.
USA's ROYAL PAINS
- Gillian Alexy (The Americnas), Patrick Breen (Kevin Hill), Jeremy Davidson (Army Wives), Martha Higareda (El Mariachi) and Natalie Hall (Star-Crossed) will appear on the upcoming sixth season of the drama. Alexy will recur as the mysterious Charlotte, who Hank (Mark Feuerstein) met while traveling in Europe. Breen will play Bob, an unconventional couples counselor who has a big impact on Paige (Brooke D'Orsay) and Evan (Paulo Costanzo). Davidson will play Ray Mazzarino, a new patient who recently moved to the Hamptons for a fresh start and goes into business with Evan. Higareda will play Viviana, the lively bartender at a quiet local bar that becomes a sanctuary for Jeremiah (Ben Shenkman). Hell will play Hope, a burlesque dancer who asks for Jeremiah's help when she complains of pain during her act.
HBO's THE COMEBACK
- Kellan Lutz (The Twilight Saga) and Malin Akerman (Trophy Wife) are set to reprise their roles from the former comedy for its upcoming revival season on a recurring basis. They played Chris and Juna respectively, co-stars on Valerie's (Lisa Kudrow) comeback sitcom.
NETFLIX's NARCOS
- Boyd Holbrook (Hatfields & McCoys, The Big C) has joined the cast of the upcoming drama series. He will play Steve Murphy, a native West Virginian and a DEA agent sent to Colombia to capture - or kill - notorious cocaine kingpin Pablo Escobar (Wagner Moura).
OWN's IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG
- Amanda Clayton, Aiden Turner, Heather Hemmens, Eltony Williams, Zulay Henao, Joel Rush, Octavio Pizano, Edwina Findley, April Parker-Jones and Charles Malik Whitfield have landed the principle roles on the upcoming drama series - formerly Single Moms Club. Here's character details: Alex (Clayton) and Brad (Turner) have two children. The couple's relationship seems solid, but a secret threatens to derail their marriage. Marcie (Hemmens), a real estate agent) and her husband Randal (Williams) are struggling with Marcie's inability to have children. Esperanza (Henao) and Edward (Rush) are divorced and parents of an 8-year-old girl. Esperanza is terrified what her ex will do when he finds out about her new boyfriend, Julius (Pizano). Kelly (Findley), mother to a young son, is dealing with her boyfriend and father to her son being away on a relief mission in Haiti for over a year. Natalie (Parker-Jones is a single mother of three kids at home and one adult son in prison. She constantly struggles to pay the bills and her ex Lushion (Whitfield) is trying to love her while taking care of their son, Frank.
