Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Casting News - 'Forever' Adds 'Orange Is the New Black' Star; Elizabeth Mitchell Boards 'Once Upon a Time'; Plus 4 More Updates!

Casting News - July 8, 2014

ABC's Forever & Once Upon a Time; FX's American Horror Story: Freak Show & Sons of Anarchy; Netflix's Sense8; and Showtime's Masters of Sex.





ABC's FOREVER
  • Orange Is the New Black star Lorraine Toussaint has joined the upcoming drama series as a new series regular.She will play Lt. Joanna Reece, a weathered police vet who has seen it all and is Jo's (Alana de la Garza) new boss.
SHOWTIME's MASTERS OF SEX
  • Marin Ireland (Homeland, The Divide) has booked a recurring role on the drama's second season. She will play Pauline, the wife of Frank Masters (Christian Borle). The couple comes to town seeking Masters' (Michael Sheen) help in conceiving a child.
NETFLIX's SENSE8
  • Ness Bautista (The Last Ship) has been tapped to recur on the drama's upcoming first season. No details were immediately released about the character he will be playing on the science fiction drama.
FX's AMERICAN HORROR STORY: FREAK SHOW
  • The anthology series has tapped Wes Bentley (American Beauty, Open) to appear in this year's two-part Halloween episode - set to air on October 21 and 28. He will play Eddie, a dark tormentor from Kathy Bates' character's past who is determined to get revenge.
ABC's ONCE UPON A TIME
  • Elizabeth Mitchell is the latest Lost alum to book a recurring role on the fairytale drama series. On the upcoming fourth season, she will play a "possibly malevolent" characters with ties to both Frozen sisters Elsa (Georgina Haig) and Anna (Elizabeth Lail), as well as to Storybrooke.
FX's SONS OF ANARCHY
  • Singer-actress Courtney Love has joined the seventh and final season of the drama in a multi-episode arc. She will play Ms. Harrison, the preschool teacher of Jax's (Charlie Hunnam) eldest son, Abel, who takes a special interested in Abel and who will clash with Wendy (Drea de Matteo).