Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Casting News - Jordan Fisher to Play Bart Allen on 'The Flash'; Naveen Andrews Boards 'The Dropout'; Plus 3 More Updates!

Casting News - March 30, 2021

ABC's Women of the Movement; Amazon's The Peripheral; The CW's The 4400 & The Flash; and Hulu's The Dropout.





THE CW's THE FLASH
  • Jordan Fisher has been cast in a recurring role on the drama's seventh season. He previously starred in the Netflix films To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You and Work It. He also starred in FOX's live production of the musical Rent. And finally, he won the 25th season of ABC's Dancing With the Stars.
  • He will play Bart Allen aka Impulse, the fastest teenager on the planet. He is the future grandson of Barry Allen (Grant Gustin) and Iris West-Allen (Candice Patton). He has a penchant for wildly impulsive behavior so Barry and Iris will definitely have their hands full trying to teach him patience. They may have their work cut out for them to wrangle Bart, but they will have to get it together if they want to stop Team Flash's biggest threat.
HULU's THE DROPOUT
  • Naveen Andrews will co-star on the upcoming limited series starring Amanda Seyfried. He previously starred for six seasons in ABC's Lost, two seasons in Netflix's Sense8 and two seasons in CBS' Instinct.
  • He will play Sunny Balwani, Elizabeth Holmes' (Seyfried) business partner and secret boyfriend throughout the rise and fall of Theranos.
ABC's WOMEN OF THE MOVEMENT
  • Gil Bellows has joined the cast of the upcoming limited series starring Adrienne Warren and Glynn Turman. He previously starred in Cinemax's one-season drama Jett. He has also recurred on Amazon's Patriot and Starz's American Gods.
  • He will play Gerald Chatham, the southern-born District Attorney who fought to bring Emmett Till's (Cedric Joe) killers to justice in a trial that would change the fabric of his life and Mississippi forever.
THE CW's THE 4400
  • Joseph David-Jones and Khailah Johnson have booked series regular roles on the upcoming drama - a reboot of the USA series. David-Jones starred in the eighth and final season of The CW's Arrow. Johnson is currently a senior at Carnegie Mellon University.
  • David-Jones will play Rev Johnson, who was raised in a powerful and affluent church family and disappeared in the 1990s. While he is a man of true faith and compassion, he is accustomed to the power and clout afforded by his position. He will emerge as a natural leader among the 4400.
  • Johnson will play Ladonna, a high maintenance Miami party girl who disappeared on her 21st birthday. While she at first comes across as spoiled and vapid, she will end up tapping into her own potential in ways she never expected.
AMAZON's THE PERIPHERAL
  • Jack Reynor has landed a series regular role on the upcoming drama starring Chloë Grace Moretz and Gary Carr. He previously starred for two seasons in CBS All Access' Strange Angel. He also starred in the AppleTV+ film Cherry.
  • He will play Burton, Flynne's (Moretz) brother, a Marine veteran who finds out he's been targeted for assassination.