Friday, July 17, 2015

Casting News - Josh Hopkins Joins 'Quantico'; 'The Mindy Project' Adds Joseph Gordon-Levitt; Plus 7 More Update!

Casting News - July 17, 2015

ABC's Quantico; Amazon's The Man in the High Castle; CBS' Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders; The CW's Arrow, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend & The Originals; FOX's Empire & Gotham; and Hulu's The Mindy Project.




FOX's EMPIRE
  • Andre Royo (Hand of God, Happyish) has been cast in a recurring role on the drama's upcoming second season. He will play Thirsty Rawlings, a sharp lawyer with a charming disposition who impresses Lucious (Terrence Howard) with his unethical moves and equally shady past.
THE CW's THE ORIGINALS
  • Veronica Mars alum Jason Dohring has been tapped to recur on the drama's upcoming third season. Debuting in the season premiere, he will play Detective Will Kinney, a smart and confident officer with a very clear sense of right and wrong who is out to bring the forces of evil to justice. He has a strong suspicion that something strange is happening beneath the surface of the city.
THE CW's ARROW
  • Echo Kellum (Ben and Kate) and Alexander Calvert (Bates Motel) have landed a recurring role on the drama's upcoming fourth season. Kellum will play Curtis Holt, aka Mr. Terrific, a technological savant and inventor who works at Palmer Technologies under the supervision of Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards). Calvert will play Lonnie Machin, aka Anarky, a deranged criminal for hire who does whatever it takes to impress potential employers.
FOX's GOTHAM
  • Natalie Alyn Lind (The Goldbergs) has joined the drama's upcoming second season in a recurring role. She will play Silver St. Cloud, an ethereal beauty with the pristine manners of a Gotham debutante who bonds with Bruce (David Mazouz) over the shared bond of losing both parents at a young age.
ABC's QUANTICO
  • Cougar Town alum Josh Hopkins has been cast as a series regular on the upcoming drama series starring Priyanka Chopra. He will play Special Agent Liam O'Connor, a sexy, good looking and charming staff counselor who works with the new agent trainees. The former partner of the FBI Academy's assistant director, Miranda (Aunjanue Ellis), Liam is now her subordinate. He's good at his job but known for suffering bouts of depression stemming from a mistake in his past. Although he and Miranda have a shared history and fondness for one another, they frequently butt heads. The role was played by Dougray Scott in the original pilot.
HULU's THE MINDY PROJECT
  • Joseph Gordon-Levitt will guest star in the Season 4 premiere of the beloved comedy series. The episode will be inspired by the 1998 romantic comedy, Sliding Doors. In the alternate reality story, Mindy (Mindy Kaling) is no longer with Danny (Chris Messina) and has married Matt (Gordon-Levitt), a suave reality show producer for Bravo.
CBS' CRIMINAL MINDS: BEYOND BORDERS
  • Alana de la Garza (Forever) and Annie Funke (LFE) have booked regular roles on the midseason drama starring Gary Sinise. Garza will play Clara, a smart, well-traveled cultural anthropologist on the International Response Team. Funke will play Mae, the tam's fearless and fun medical examiner.
THE CW's CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND
  • Vella Lovell and Pete Gardner are set as new series regulars on the upcoming dramedy starring Rachel Bloom. Lovell will play Heather, Rebecca's (Bloom) underachiever neighbor. Gardner will play Darryl, Rebecca's boss who considers himself very cultured and intellectual.
AMAZON's THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE
  • Ray Proscia (The Inn) will recur on the upcoming drama's first season. He will play Reinhard Heydrich, a high-ranking Nazi official who was one of the main architects of the Holocaust. Hitler described him as "the man with the iron heart."