Friday, May 1, 2015

Casting News - Heléne Yorke Books 'Masters of Sex' Return; Trio Join 'The Leftovers' Season 2; Plus 5 More Updates!

Casting News - May 1, 2015

ABC Family's Shadowhunters; Cinemax's Quarry; The CW's Beauty and the Beast; FX's American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson; HBO's The Leftovers; Showtime's Masters of Sex; and USA's Mr. Robot.




CINEMAX's QUARRY
  • Josh Randall (Ed) has joined the cast of the upcoming drama series in a recurring role. He will play Detective Tommy Olsen, who is investigating one of the murders.
FX's AMERICAN CRIME STORY: THE PEOPLE V. O.J. SIMPSON
  • Jordana Brewster (Dallas) and Kenneth Choi (Allegiance) have joined the cast of the upcoming event series. Brewster will play Denise Brown, the sister of Nicole Brown. Choi will play Judge Ito, who made judicial history with his controversial decision to allow cameras into the courtroom during the trial.
THE CW's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
  • The broadcast network is making a change to its upcoming summer schedule - by moving the third season premiere of the drama starring Kristin Kreuk and Jay Ryan to Thursday, June 11 at 8/7c., three weeks after it was originally announced to return.
HBO's THE LEFTOVERS
  • Kevin Carroll, Jovan Adepo and Darius McCrary have joined the cast of the drama's upcoming second season. Carroll will play John Murphy, the Garvey's new neighbor and head of the town's volunteer fire department. Adepo will play Michael Murphy, Jone and Erika's (Regina King) teenage son actively involved in his church. McCrary will play Isaac Rayney, a local palm reader and childhood friend of John's.
ABC FAMILY's SHADOWHUNTERS
  • Alberto Rosende and Emeraude Toubia have been cast on the upcoming drama series starring Dominic Sherwood. Rosende will play Simon, the handsome best friend of protagonist Clary Fray. Toubia will play Isabelle Lightwood, a lethal Shadowhunter with a weakness for bad boys.
USA's MR. ROBOT
  • Michele Hicks, Michael Cristofer, Mitchell Winter and Randy Harrison have booked recurring roles on the drama's upcoming first season. Hicks will play Sharon Knowles, New York State's Chief Information Security Officer who is always looking for new challenges. Cristofer will play Phillip Price, the E Corp CEO who in the face of corporate backstabbing, scandal and increasing instability, relies on the counsel of Sharon. Winter will play Anwar, Price's executive assistant. Harrison will play Harry, the stalwart spouse of AllSafe executive Gideon Goddard (Michael Gill).
SHOWTIME's MASTERS OF SEX
  • Heléne Yorke will return to the premium cable drama for its upcoming third season on a recurring basis. She plays Jane Martin, a hospital secretary who became crucial early on in Bill Masters (Michael Sheen) and Virginia Johnson's (Lizzy Caplan) sex study. She recurred heavily throughout the first season, but only appeared in the premiere episode of the second season.