Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Casting News - Shannyn Sossamon Joins 'Sleepy Hollow'; Sonya Walger to Co-Star on 'The Catch'; Plus 7 More Updates!

Casting News - July 22, 2015

ABC's American Crime, The CatchHow to Get Away With Murder & Nashville; The CW's Arrow; FOX's Sleepy Hollow & The X-Files; FX's American Horror Story: Hotel; and Hulu's The Way.




FOX's SLEEPY HOLLOW
  • Shannyn Sossamon (Wayward Pines, Mistresses) has been cast as a new series regular on the drama's upcoming third season. She will play Pandora, a mysterious new presence in Sleepy Hollow who seeks assistance from Ichabod (Tom Mison) and Abbie (Nicole Beharie).
HULU's THE WAY
  • Sarah Jones (Alcatraz, Vegas) has joined the cast of the upcoming drama series as a series regular. She will play Alison, a defector of The Way scarred by the strange disappearance of her husband. She befriends Eddie (Aaron Paul) as he searches for answers.
THE CW's ARROW
  • Jimmy Akingbola (Sons of Liberty, Rev) has landed a recurring role on the drama's upcoming fourth season. He will play Baron Reiter, an adversary for Oliver (Stephen Amell) who will appear in the season's flashback sequences.
ABC's HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER
  • Kendrick Sampson (The Vampire Diaries, Gracepoint) has booked a major recurring role on the drama's upcoming second season. He will debut in the second season premiere on September 24, but all other details about his role are being kept under wraps.
ABC's AMERICAN CRIME
  • Falling Skies star Connor Jessup and newcomer Angelique Rivera have been cast on the drama's upcoming second season as series regulars. Jessup will play Connor Blaine, a young man at the center of accusations that roil two high schools along socio-economic lines. Rivera will play Evy Dominguez, the sole witness to a crime whose testimony could alter the lives of several young men who stand accused.
FX's AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL
  • Lily Rabe - a veteran of the horror anthology series - has officially signed on to appear on the hit series for its upcoming Hotel installment. She will play a famous murderer who has stayed at the titular hotel.
FOX's THE X-FILES
  • Tom Braidwood, Dean Haglund and Bruce Harwood will reprise their roles as The Lone Gunmen on the upcoming six-episode revival of the hit drama series.
ABC's THE CATCH
  • Lost alum Sonya Walger has joined the cast of the upcoming drama series as a series regular. She will play Zoe, Kieran's (Peter Krause) wife and partner in crime who loves her husband and loves their life - amoral though it may be - and she's going to hang on tight as she senses him slipping away from her. She replaces Bethany Joy Lenz who played the role in the original pilot.
ABC's NASHVILLE
  • After recurring throughout the last two seasons, Aubrey Peeples has been promoted to series regular for the drama's upcoming fourth season. She plays Layla Grant, a singer-songwriter at Highway 65 who is in a messy relationship with her manager/boyfriend Jeff (Oliver Hudson, who is being demoted to recurring status).