Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Casting News - Deanna Allison to Co-Star on AMC's 'Dark Winds'; Dan Stevens Joins Hulu's 'Immigrant'; Plus 1 More Update!

Casting News - February 23, 2022

AMC's Dark Winds; Hulu's Immigrant; and Paramount+'s Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies.





AMC's DARK WINDS
  • Deanna Allison will co-star on the upcoming drama starring Zahn McClarnon and Kiowa Gordon. She will make her acting debut with the drama. She is a member of the Colorado River Indian Tribes.
  • She will play Emma, Leaphorn's (McClarnon) wife, a strong woman with good intuition who works as a midwife. She is deeply connected to her work and to the women she serves. When she suspects that one of her patients is a victim of domestic violence, she immediately asks her husband to investigate.
PARAMOUNT+'s GREASE: RISE OF THE PINK LADIES
  • Charlotte Kavanagh, Josette Halpert, Nicholas McDonough, Maximo Weber Salas and Alexis Sides have booked recurring roles on the upcoming Grease prequel series. Kavanagh previously recurred on NBC's Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist and The CW's Riverdale. Halpert starred in Nickelodeon's one-season comedy The Other Kingdom. McDonough and Salas are newcomers. Sides has appeared in the short films The Hunters and Cuello.
  • Kavanagh will play Rosemay, Halpert will play Dot. McDonough will play Gil. Salas will play Shy Guy. Sides will play Potato.
HULU's IMMIGRANT
  • Dan Stevens has joined the cast of the upcoming limited series starring Kumail Nanjiani, Murray Bartlett and Annaleigh Ashford. He previously starred for three seasons in PBS' Downton Abbey and three seasons in FX's Legion. He next stars in Starz's upcoming limited series Gaslit, which premieres in April.
  • He will play Paul Snider, a hustler and serial schmoozer. He stumbles upon the opportunity of a lifetime in the form of Steve Banerjee (Nanjiani) and his struggling LA backgammon club. Through their unlikely partnership, the iconic male stripping institution Chippendales is born.