Thursday, July 17, 2014

Casting News - 'Sons of Anarchy' Final Season Premiere Date; Deborah Ann Woll Joins 'True Blood'; Plus 4 More Updates!

Casting News - July 17, 2014

CBS' Hawaii Five-0 & NCIS: New Orleans; The CW's The Vampire Diaries; FX's Sons of Anarchy; and Netflix's Daredevil & Grace and Frankie.





CBS' HAWAII FIVE-0
  • Amanda Setton (The Crazy Ones) has joined the drama in a recurring role for its upcoming fifth season. She will play Dr. Mindy Shaw, a medical examiner and Max's (Masi Oka) new trainee. Additionally, Carol Burnett will reprise her role as McGarett's (Alex O'Loughlin) Aunt Deb in Season 5.
NETFLIX's GRACE AND FRANKIE
  • June Diane Raphael and Baron Vaughn have landed roles on the upcoming comedy starring Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin. Raphael will play Brianna, the older daughter of Grace (Fonda) and Robert (Martin Sheen), who rebels against Grace's emphasis on appearances and decorum, but despite her keen awareness of who she's not, she struggles to define who she is. Vaughn will play Nwabudike, Frankie (Tomlin) and Sol's (Sam Waterston) adopted son from Uganda who prefers to be called Bud and identifies more as an American Jew than an African man.
NETFLIX's DAREDEVIL
  • True Blood star Deborah Ann Woll has booked the female lead role on the drama series starring Charlie Cox. She will play Karen Page, Matt Murdock's (Cox) secretary at the law firm and his love interest.
THE CW's THE VAMPIRE DIARIES
  • Marco James (The Client List) and Jayson Warner Smith (Rectify) have been cast in recurring roles on the drama's sixth season. James will play Liam, a cocky yet good-natured med student at Whitmore College who comes from a family of doctors. Smith will play an owner of a high-end hot rod shop.
FX's SONS OF ANARCHY
  • The seventh and final season of the biker drama will premiere on Tuesday, September 9 with a 1-hour and 45 minute episode. Additionally, a live post-show Anarchy Afterword will air following the season premiere and the series finale later in the year.
CBS' NCIS: NEW ORLEANS
  • Rob Kerkovich (Chasing Life) has joined the cast of the new drama series as a new series regular. He will play Sebastian, a morgue assistant to Dr. Loretta Wade (CCH Pounder).