Friday, September 4, 2015

Casting News - 'UnREAL's Freddie Stroma Joins 'Game of Thrones'; Scott Porter to Recur on 'Outcast'; Plus 6 More Updates!

Casting News - September 4, 2015

ABC's Castle, Nashville & Quantico; Cinemax's Outcast; HBO's Game of Thrones; Hulu's The Way; OWN's Greenleaf; and Showtime's Shameless.





CINEMAX's OUTCAST
  • Scott Porter (Hart of Dixie, Friday Night Lights) has been cast in a recurring role on the upcoming drama starring Patrick Fugit. He will play Donnie Hamel, an amiable and engaging type-A former jock whose work returns him home to Rome, West Virginia. There he crosses paths with Megan Holter (Wrenn Schmidt) and a more sinister side of him is revealed.
HULU's THE WAY
  • Kaili Vernoff (Ratter, Sweet and Lowdown) will appear in a recurring role on the upcoming drama starring Aaron Paul and Michelle Monaghan. She will play Kerry Ridge, a hippie-chic believer of The Way who is committed to helping her son above all costs.
HBO's GAME OF THRONES
  • UnREAL star Freddie Stroma has joined the cast of the drama's upcoming sixth season. He will play Dickon Tarly, Samwell Tarly's (John Bradley-West) more physically capable brother.
ABC's QUANTICO
  • After originally being cast as recurring, Anabelle Acosta has been promoted to series regular ahead of the new drama's September 27 premiere. She plays Nathalie Vazquez, a former cop from Laredo, Texas who is driven, kick-ass and fiercely competitive. She's almost mercenary in her focus, more interested in always coming out on top than being a team player.
ABC's CASTLE
  • Kelly Rowan (The O.C, Perception) will appear on an upcoming episode of the drama's eighth season. She will play Carla Feller, the dean of a prestigious university hit hard by the mysterious death of a student.
ABC's NASHVILLE
  • After recurring throughout the second and third seasons, Chaley Rose will return for at least one episode of the drama's upcoming fourth season. She plays Zoey Dalton, Scarlett's (Clare Bowen) childhood best friend and Gunnar's (Sam Palladio) ex-girlfriend.
SHOWTIME's SHAMELESS
  • Ever Carradine (Once and Again) has landed a recurring role on the dramedy's upcoming sixth season. She will play Erica, an exhausted, nice, suburban mother in her late 30s with terminal cancer who has a secret wild past.
OWN's GREENLEAF
  • Tye White (Drumline: A New Beat) has joined the cast of the upcoming drama starring Keith David. He will play Kevin Satterlee, the son-in-law of the Bishop of Greenleaf World Ministries.