Thursday, September 26, 2024

Casting News - Sosie Bacon Books Recurring Role on Amazon's 'Scarpetta'; John Hoogenakker to Co-Star on Hulu's 'Amanda'

Casting News - September 26, 2024

Amazon's Scarpetta and Hulu's Amanda.






AMAZON's SCARPETTA
  • Sosie Bacon, Amanda Righetti, Janet Montgomery, Stephanie Faracy and Mike Vogel have booked recurring roles on the upcoming drama starring Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis. Bacon starred in the film Smile and in the HBO limited series Mare of Easttown. Righetti starred for six seasons in CBS' The Mentalist and two seasons in USA's Colony. Montgomery starred for three seasons in WGN America's Salem and five seasons in NBC's New Amsterdam. Faracy currently recurs on Netflix's Nobody Wants This, which was released today. Vogel starred for three seasons in CBS' Under the Dome and two seasons in Netflix's Sex/Life.
  • Bacon will play Abby Turnball, a prize-winning reporter.
  • Righetti will play Past Dorothy, played in the present by Curtis. 
  • Montgomery will play Janet, Lucy's (Ariana DeBose) wife.
  • Faracy will play Maggie, Kay's (Kidman) inherited assistant from her predecessor.
  • Vogel will play Bill Boltz, the city attorney.
HULU's AMANDA
  • John Hoogenakker, Francesco Acquaroli, Giuseppe De Domenico and Roberta Mattei will co-star on the upcoming limited series starring Grace Van Patten and Sharon Horgan. Hoogenakker previously starred for two seasons in Amazon's Jack Ryan and in the Hulu limited series Dopesick. Acquaroli starred for three seasons in Netflix's Suburra: Blood on Rome and recurred on FX's Fargo. De Domenico starred in the Amazon limited series ZeroZeroZero. Mattei starred in the Italian dramas Zero and Anna.
  • Hoogenakker will play Amanda Knox's (Van Patten) fun-loving but stoic father. Despite his divorce from their mother, he is a great dad to his daughters. He leads the charge to defend his daughter in the press.
  • Acquaroli will play Giuliano Mignini, the Italian prosecutor in Amanda Knox's case. A man with a need to prove himself, he's convinced of Amanda's involvement in the murder from the jump, and he finds his life and legacy defined by his relationship to her.
  • De Domenico will play Raffaele Sollecito, Amanda Knox's boyfriend at the time of the murder and oft-forgotten co-defendant, a kid of deep principle, who was drawn into her horror story by sheer chance.
  • Mattei will play Monica Napoleoni, the sharp, fashionable and aggressive head of the homicide division in Perugia, and Mignini's right-hand. She is convinced of Amanda and Raffaele's guilt and is unrelenting in her pursuit of them.