Thursday, July 25, 2024

Casting News - Dermot Mulroney Boards 'Chicago Fire'; Daniel Diemer Is 'Percy Jackson's Half-Brother; Plus 2 More Updates!

Casting News - July 25, 2024

AppleTV+'s The Morning Show; Disney+'s Percy Jackson and the Olympians; NBC's Chicago Fire; and Showtime's The Agency.





NBC's CHICAGO FIRE
  • Dermot Mulroney has been cast as a new series regular on the drama's upcoming thirteenth season. He stars in Starz's upcoming drama The Hunting Wives opposite Malin Akerman and Brittany Snow. He previously starred for two seasons in Amazon's Hanna and recurred on ABC's Station 19.
  • He will play Chief Dom Pascal, who began his career with the Chicago Fire Department but spent the last decade as a chief in sunny Miami. A cheerful person who works well under pressure, his leadership style differs from Boden's (former series regular Eamonn Walker) and he is estranged from his wife.
DISNEY+'s PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS
  • Daniel Diemer has joined the cast of the drama's upcoming second season. He previously starred in the Netflix film The Half of It. He also recurred on Netflix's The Midnight Club and Hulu's Under the Bridge
  • He will play Tyson, a Cyclops, the son of Poseidon and a nymph, and the paternal half-brother of Percy (Walker Scobell).
SHOWTIME's THE AGENCY
  • Katherine Waterston will co-star on the upcoming drama starring Michael Fassbender, Jeffrey Wright, Jodie Turner-Smith and Richard Gere. She previously starred in the HBO limited series The Third Day and in the second season of HBO's Perry Mason. She also recurred on the third season of AppleTV+'s Slow Horses.
  • She will play Naomi, the Operations Officer and ex-handler of Martian (Fassbender).
APPLE TV+'s THE MORNING SHOW
  • Rachel Marsh and John Hoogenakker have landed recurring roles on the drama's upcoming fourth season. Marsh currently stars in Netflix's Unstable, which returns for its second season next week. Hoogenakker starred for two seasons in Amazon's Jack Ryan, in the Hulu limited series Dopesick and in the Showtime limited series Waco: The Aftermath.
  • Marsh will play Remy, Alex's (Jennifer Aniston) new assistant.
  • Hoogenakker will play Andy, an FBI agent.