Friday, September 27, 2024

Casting News - Hilary Swank Scores Recurring Role on Showtime's 'Yellowjackets'; Plus 3 More Updates!

Casting News - September 27, 2024

FOX's Accused; Hulu's Natalia; Showtime's Yellowjackets; and USA's The Rainmaker.





SHOWTIME's YELLOWJACKETS
  • Hilary Swank has scored a recurring role on the drama's upcoming third season. She is a two-time Academy Award winner for her lead performances in the films Boys Don't Cry and Million Dollar Baby. On television, she starred in the FX limited series Trust, in Netflix's one-season drama Away and in ABC's one-season drama Alaska Daily.
  • No details were immediately announced about the character she will be playing.
FOX's ACCUSED
  • Sonequa Martin-Green, Mike Colter, Jamie Chung, Sherri Saum and Kiara Barnes are the latest cast additions for the upcoming second season of the episodic anthology series. Martin-Green previously starred for four seasons in AMC's The Walking Dead and five seasons in Paramount+'s Star Trek: Discovery. Colter starred for two seasons in Netflix's Luke Cage and four seasons in Paramount+'s Evil. Chung starred for two seasons in FOX's The Gifted and recurred on Showtime's Dexter: New Blood. Saum starred for five seasons in Freeform's The Fosters and three seasons in Netflix's Locke & Key. Barnes starred for two seasons in FOX's Fantasy Island.
  • Martin-Green, Colter and Barnes will appear as Megan, John and Eve, respectively in the season finale "Megan's Story." In it, a music executive's marriage to her husband is threatened by a beautiful seductress.
  • Chung will play Grace in the episode "Eugene's Story." In it, a kind-hearted jewelry store owner is put on trial after his wife's past throws their present into chaos.
  • Saum will play Erica in the episode "Justin's Story." In it, a wrestling coach is on trial after he pushes his star wrestler too far.
USA's THE RAINMAKER
  • Wade Briggs will co-star on the upcoming drama starring Milo Callaghan and John Slattery. He previously recurred on HBO's His Dark Materials and AppleTV+'s Foundation.
  • He will play Brad Noonan, a high-powered attorney at the Tinley Britt Law Firm and enforcer to the firm's managing partner, Leo Drummond (Slattery).
HULU's NATALIA
  • Christina Hendricks has joined the cast of the upcoming limited series starring Ellen Pompeo and Mark Duplass. She previously starred for seven seasons in AMC's Mad Men - receiving six Emmy Award nominations for her performance - and four seasons in NBC's Good Girls. She currently stars in AppleTV+'s The Buccaneers, which has been renewed for a second season.
  • She will play Cynthia Mans, a no-nonsense pastor's wife and foster mother, who enters Natalia's (Imogen Faith Reid) life when she's at her most vulnerable.