Casting News - September 14, 2018
ABC's The Conners & Grand Hotel; Charter's L.A.'s Finest; The CW's Arrowverse; Paramount's Yellowstone; and YouTube Premium's On Becoming a God in Central Florida.
PARAMOUNT's YELLOWSTONE
- Neal McDonough has been cast in a recurring role on the drama's upcoming second season. He has heavily recurred as Damien Darhk on The CW's Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow. He also appeared on FX's Justified and ABC's Desperate Housewives. He next stars in History's upcoming drama Project Blue Book.
- He will play Malcolm Beck, a wealthy business mogul who runs an area casino with his brother, Teal. They are power players, down and dirty fighters who know how to work the system to get what they want.
THE CW's ARROWVERSE
- Elizabeth Tulloch has booked a significant role on the drama's upcoming crossover event of Arrow, The Flash and Supergirl. She previously starred for six seasons in NBC's Grimm.
- She will play Lois Lane, a journalist and the love interest for Superman (Tyler Hoechlin).
YOUTUBE PREMIUM's ON BECOMING A GOD IN CENTRAL FLORIDA
- Ted Levine, Mel Rodriguez, Beth Ditto, Usman Ally and Theodore Pellerin will co-star on the upcoming dark comedy starring Kirsten Dunst. Levine starred for eight seasons in USA's Monk and two seasons in FX's The Bridge. Rodriguez starred for four seasons in FOX's The Last Man on Earth. Ditto is the lead singer of Gossip. Ally has had recurring roles on HBO's Veep and Netflix's A Series of Unfortunate Events. Pellerin has recurred on Netflix's The OA.
- Levine will play the charismatic leader of the Founders American Merchandise who has cult-like status.
- Rodriguez will play the manager of the low-rent waterpark where Krystal (Dunst) works. Ditto will play his wife.
- Ally will play the waterpark's penny-pinching owner.
- Pellerin will play Cody.
ABC's GRAND HOTEL
- Jencarlos Canela has landed a recurring role on the upcoming drama starring Demián Bichir and Roselyn Sanchez. He previously starred in NBC's one-season comedy Telenovela and in FOX's live musical The Passion.
- He will play El Rey, a popular Miami recording artist who's sexy, charismatic, energetic and amusingly cocky. He is a major player both in the industry and with the women. He is offered a chance to be a staple performer at the hotel.
ABC's THE CONNERS
- Maya Lynne Robinson is set as a series regular on the upcoming comedy - a spinoff of Roseanne. She has previously co-created and starred in the web series HTMAST and GURL.
- She will play Geena Williams-Conner, DJ's (Michael Fishman) wife and Mary's (Jayden Rey) mother, who returns home from active duty overseas in Afghanistan.
CHARTER's L.A.'S FINEST
- Barry Sloane has joined the cast of the upcoming drama starring Gabrielle Union and Jessica Alba in a recurring role. He previously starred for two seasons in ABC's Revenge and two seasons in History's Six.
- He will play Dante, Ray's (Zach McGowan) younger brother whom he shares a criminal past with. Although he is an ex-con trying to turn things around, his big brother keeps getting the two of them mixed up with some dangerous criminals - pulling Dante back into his old, illicit life.
