Thursday, July 7, 2022

Casting News - Charlie Cox and Vincent D'Onofrio to Reprise 'Daredevil' Roles on Disney+'s 'Echo'; Plus 6 More Updates!

Casting News - July 7, 2022

AppleTV+'s Lady in the Lake; Disney+'s The Crossover & Echo; FOX's Accused; Netflix's Untitled Bridgerton Prequel; Peacock's A Friend of the Family; and Showtime's The Curse.




FOX's ACCUSED
  • Stephanie Nogueras, Megan Boone, Aaron Ashmore, Joshua Castille, Lauren Ridloff, Jean-Michel Le Gal and Daphne Rubin-Vega will star in an upcoming episode of the anthology series. Nogueras currently stars in Peacock's Killing It, which has been renewed for a second season. Boone starred for eight seasons in NBC's The Blacklist. Ashmore currently stars in Netflix's Locke & Key, which returns for its third and final season next month. Castille guest starred on Freeform's Switched at Birth and TBS' The Detour. Ridloff currently stars in AMC's The Walking Dead, which is now airing its eleventh and final season. Le Gal appeared in the Netflix film The Knight Before Christmas. Rubin-Vega starred in the 2021 film In the Heights.
  • Nogueras will play Ava, a Deaf woman who becomes a surrogate and commits a crime of advocacy and protection.
  • Boone and Ashmore will play Jenny and Max, a couple who hire Ava as their surrogate.
  • Castille will play KJ, Ava's boyfriend who is hard of hearing.
  • Ridloff and Le Gal will play Ava's public defenders.
  • Rubin-Vega will play Ava's mother.
NETFLIX's UNTITLED BRIDGERTON PREQUEL
  • Connie Jenkins-Greig has landed a recurring role on the upcoming drama starring India Amarteifio. Her film credits include The Take Down, The Kid Who Would Be King and Solitary
  • She will play Young Violet Ledger, the daughter of Vivian (Katie Brayben) and Lord Ledger (Keir Charles). She's a kind and inquisitive teenager who has not yet entered the marriage mart... or famously become a Bridgerton.
DISNEY+'s ECHO
  • Charlie Cox and Vincent D'Onofrio will appear in the upcoming drama starring Alaqua Cox. Both previously starred for three seasons in Netflix's Daredevil. Cox reprised his role in the 2021 feature film Spider-Man: No Way Home. D'Onofrio reprised his role in Disney+'s Hawkeye, which also starred Cox.
  • Cox plays Matt Murdock aka Daredevil. D'Onofrio plays Wilson Fisk aka Kingpin. 
PEACOCK's A FRIEND OF THE FAMILY
  • Ella Jay Basco has booked a recurring role on the upcoming limited series starring Anna Paquin and Jake Lacy. She previously starred in the 2020 feature film Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
  • No details were immediately announced about the character she will be playing. 
DISNEY+'s THE CROSSOVER
  • Darone Okolie, Himie Freeman, Gabriela Lopez, Johnny Cantley and Joel Steingold are set for recurring roles on the upcoming drama starring Jalyn Hall and Amir O'Neil. Okolie previously recurred on HBO's Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty. Freeman starred in the short film The Ultimatum. Lopez recurred on Hulu's Casual and FOX's Rosewood. Cantley guest starred on The CW's The Originals. Steingold currently recurs on Showtime's The Chi.
  • Okolie will play the future version of Josh Bell (Hall).
  • Freeman will play the future version of JB Bell (O'Neil).
  • Lopez will play the future version of Maya (Deja Monique Cruz).
  • Cantley will play the future version of Vondie (Trevor Raine Bush).
  • Steingold will play Basil St. Jean, the poised and stylish Vice Principal at Hughes Middle School. Friendly and hard-working, he offers his support to Crystal (Sabrina Revelle) in any way he can, even though she secured the job he was up for. But is he a friend or a foe?
APPLE TV+'s LADY IN THE LAKE
  • Noah Jupe, Mike Epps, Byron Bowers, Josiah Cross-Wiggins and Pruitt Taylor Vince have joined the cast of the upcoming limited series starring Natalie Portman and Moses Ingram. Jupe previously starred in the HBO limited series The Undoing. Epps currently stars in Netflix's The Upshaws, which is now airing its second season. Bowers currently stars in the HBO limited series Irma Vep. Cross-Wiggins appeared in the 2021 feature film King Richard. Taylor Vince previously recurred on CBS' The Mentalist, ABC's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and NBC's The Blacklist.
  • No details were immediately announced about the characters they will be playing.
SHOWTIME's THE CURSE
  • Corbin Bernsen, Barkhad Abdi and Constance Shulman will co-star on the upcoming comedy starring Emma Stone and Nathan Fielder. Bernsen previously starred for eight seasons in NBC's L.A. Law and eight seasons in USA's Psych. Abdi was nominated for an Academy Award in 2013 for his supporting role in the film Captain Phillips. Shulman recurred on Netflix's Orange Is the New Black.
  • No details were immediately announced about the characters they will be playing.