Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Casting News - Ashley Tisdale to Recur on NBC's 'Truth Be Told'; Charlotte Ross Books 'Arrow' Return; Plus 7 More Updates!

Casting News - August 18, 2015

CBS' Person of Interest; The CW's Arrow & Crazy Ex-Girlfriend; FOX's Grandfathered; NBC's The Player & Truth Be Told; Showtime's Shameless; Syfy's 12 Monkeys; and WGN America's Manhattan.




THE CW's CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND
  • Tony Plana (Ugly Betty, The Fosters) has been cast in a recurring role on the upcoming comedy's first season. He will play Emilio Serrano, Greg's (Santino Fontana) divorced father who struggles with his health and lives with him. He's able to offer his son a little bit of wisdom and perspective when it comes to the new girl in town (Rachel Bloom).
NBC's TRUTH BE TOLD
  • Ashley Tisdale (Clipped) has landed a recurring role on the comedy's upcoming first season. She will play Sam, Mitch's (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) younger sister, who is as single as she is self-involved. She lives like the rules don't apply to her and strives to make the world more her place.
THE CW's ARROW
  • Charlotte Ross will reprise her role as Donna Smoak in the sixth episode of the drama's upcoming fourth season. It's currently unclear what leads Felicity's (Emily Bett Rickards) mom back to Starling City.
WGN AMERICA's MANHATTAN
  • Neve Campbell (Scream, Party of Five) has joined the drama's upcoming second season in a recurring role. She will play Kitty Oppenheimer, the formidable and mercurial first lady of Los Alamos whose intersection with Abby Isaacs (Rachel Brosnahan) will affect both their husbands and the future of the project.
FOX's GRANDFATHERED
  • Patrick Fischler (Once Upon a Time, Lost) will appear on an upcoming episode of the new comedy series. He will play Frederick, Sara's (Paget Brewster) brother.
SYFY's 12 MONKEYS
  • David Marciano (Homeland) and David Dastmalchian (Ant-Man) have booked guest roles on the drama's upcoming second season. Marciano will play Detective John Damato, who is pulled into the case of a serial killer who has a dangerous affiliation with the Army of the 12 Monkeys. Dastmalchian will play Kyle Slade, a Vietnam vet whose mind is connected to time in a unique way that makes him a valuable target.
CBS' PERSON OF INTEREST
  • Keith David (Enlisted, Community) has been cast in a guest role on the drama's upcoming fifth season. He will play Terence Beale, a smart and cunning CIA supervisory agent who knows where the bodies are buried because he put a few there himself.
SHOWTIME's SHAMELESS
  • Will Sasso (MADtv) has booked a recurring role on the dramedy's upcoming sixth season. He will play Yanis, a big and imposing blue-collar man who's in a conflict with the new members of the neighborhood. He deliberately spends most of his day revving his motorcycle and making sexual threats.
NBC's THE PLAYER
  • Revenge alum Nick Wechsler has joined the drama's upcoming first season in a recurring role. He will play Nick, Cassandra's (Charity Wakefield) boyfriend, a good guy with morals caught in the web of a century-old conspiracy.