ABC's Once Upon a Time & When We Rise; FOX's Prison Break; NBC's Taken; and Netflix's One Day at a Time.
FOX's PRISON BREAK
- Newcomer Amin El Gamal has booked a major recurring role on the upcoming revival of the hit drama series. He will play Cyclops, a character integral to the main story.
ABC's ONCE UPON A TIME
- Hank Harris (Salem) and Sam Witwer (Being Human) have been cast in recurring roles on the drama's fifth season. Harris will play Nathaniel, a meek and troubled patient at a mental institution. Witwer will play Jacob, the evil and overbearing warden of the mental institution who takes pleasure in tormenting his most disturbed and helpless patients.
ABC's WHEN WE RISE
- Emmy winner Carrie Preston (The Good Wife, Crowded) has landed a lead role on the upcoming miniseries written by Dustin Lance Black. She will play Sally Gearheart, a regal and smart radical who has had a long career as a gay rights activist.
NETFLIX's ONE DAY AT A TIME
- Newcomer Marcel Ruiz has joined the cast of the upcoming comedy starring Justina Machado and Rita Moreno. He will play Alex, a too cute for his own good Cuban-American tween, who is more preppy than his sister but also more vain. He's the baby of the family and not above working the "good kid" angle.
NBC's TAKEN
- Jennifer Beals (The L Word, Proof) has been cast as the female lead on the upcoming drama starring Clive Standen. She will play Christina Hart, the Special Deputy Director of National Intelligence who has taken Bryan Mills (Standen) under her wing. Cultured and powerful with a wealth of field experience, her current government position has her overseeing an elite team of operatives who take care of America's national security emergencies.
