Casting News - June 11, 2019
Amazon's The Hunt and Hulu's Little Fires Everywhere.
HULU's LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE
- Huang Lu and Geoff Stults have been cast in recurring roles on the upcoming limited series starring Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington. Lu starred in the film She, a Chinese. Stults has previously recurred on CBS' The Odd Couple and Netflix's Grace and Frankie.
- Lu will play Bebe Chow, Illegally residing in Shaker Heights after overstaying her visa, she desperately searches for her infant daughter who she left at the local fire station the previous year because she was unable to care for her. But when the baby resurfaces, a highly-publicized custody battle ensues, pitting Bebe against people with far more money and resources than herself. Driven on by her love for her daughter, she enters the fight of her life.
- Stults will play Mark McCullough. After decades of trying for a child of their own, and enduring heartbreak after heartbreak along the way, he and his wife, Linda (Rosemarie DeWitt), joyfully accept a Chinese infant who was abandoned at the local fire station. But when the baby's biological mother returns and demands custody of her daughter back, Mark's worst fears are realized as he faces the prospect of losing another child, yet again.
AMAZON's THE HUNT
- Julissa Bermudez, Becky Ann Baker, Josh Mostel, Miles G. Jackson and Jonno Davies have booked recurring roles on the upcoming drama starring Al Pacino and Logan Lerman. Bermudez was the former host of BET's 106 & Park. Baker earned an Emmy nomination for her recurring role on HBO's Girls. Mostel previously recurred on USA's Mr. Robot. Jackson has recurred on TBS' The Last O.G. Davies starred in the Off-Broadway production of A Clockwork Orange.
- Bermudez will play Maria, a nurse.
- Baker will play Juanita Kreps, the Secretary of Commerce.
- Mostel will play Rabbi Stecker, a rabbi in New York City.
- Jackson will play Danny Rohr, a disgraced journalist.
- Davies will play Tobias, a bodyguard.
