Casting News - October 2, 2024
CBS' The Neighborhood; FOX's Going Dutch; Hallmark's Ripple; Hulu's All's Fair; Netflix's His & Hers and The Waterfront; and Peacock's Untitled Simu Liu Drama.
CBS' The Neighborhood; FOX's Going Dutch; Hallmark's Ripple; Hulu's All's Fair; Netflix's His & Hers and The Waterfront; and Peacock's Untitled Simu Liu Drama.
FOX's GOING DUTCH
- Joe Morton and Catherine Tate are set for recurring roles on the upcoming comedy starring Denis Leary. Morton previously appeared in six seasons of ABC's Scandal, winning an Emmy Award for his performance in 2014. Tate starred for three seasons in BBC One's The Catherine Tate Show, two seasons in NBC's The Office, in Netflix's one-season comedy Hard Cell and in BBC One's one-season comedy Queen of Oz.
- Morton will play General Davidson, the Colonel's (Leary) long-standing nemesis. The current lead-holder of their decades-long pissing contest, Davidson has been able to advance beyond the Colonel thanks to his willingness to engage in politics and kiss rings in ways that Quinn could never. Bitter and jealous of the Colonel's battlefield success, Davidson's been waiting for years for the Colonel to mess up. When he finally does, he jumps on the opportunity for revenge. Davidson specializes in psyops, so he's designed the Colonel's punishment to be the most humiliating possible: relegating him to a remote non-combat service base currently run by the Colonel's estranged daughter (Taylor Misiak).
- Tate will play Katja Vanderhoff, a smart, attractive Dutch woman with a PhD in intersectional feminism. She is the head of the city's Chamber of Commerce and the local brothel owner. She is straightforward and emotionally available, yet enigmatic. She's designed her life to be exactly what she wants, and then happily lives her life completely on her terms, which is why she's surprised to be romantically drawn to a stubborn, narcissistic, aggressive loudmouth like the Colonel. But she won't let her attraction to him compromise who she is or what she's built. For them to be together, the most intractable man on earth must be willing to change.
HULU's ALL'S FAIR
- Ed O'Neill has booked a recurring role on the upcoming drama starring Kim Kardashian, Glenn Close, Naomi Watts, Niecy Nash-Betts and Sarah Paulson. He previously starred for eleven seasons in FOX's Married... With Children, eleven seasons in ABC's Modern Family and in the FX limited series Clipped.
- No details were immediately announced about the character he will be playing.
HALLMARK's RIPPLE
- Frankie Faison, Julia Chan, Ian Harding and Sydney Agudong will star in the upcoming drama created by Michele Giannusa. Faison previously starred for four seasons in HBO's The Wire and four seasons in Cinemax's Banshee. Chan starred in The CW's one-season drama Katy Keene and in Netflix's one-season drama Archive 81. Harding starred for seven seasons in Freeform's Pretty Little Liars and in Spectrum's one-season drama Long Slow Exhale. Agudong stars in the upcoming live-action film adaptation of Lilo and Stitch.
- Set in New York City, the drama follows four people - Walter (Faison), Kris (Chan), Nate (Harding) and Aria (Agudong) - who have unknowingly crossed paths many times but never met. As they each face life's challenges, their actions create a ripple effect that ultimately connects them.
PEACOCK's UNTITLED SIMU LIU DRAMA
- Melissa Barrera, Sinclair Daniel, Brian d'Arcy James, Mark O'Brien and Kathleen Chalfant have joined the cast of the upcoming drama starring Simu Liu. Barrera previously starred for three seasons in Starz's Vida and in the film adaptation of In the Heights. Daniel starred in Hulu's one-season drama The Other Black Girl. James has received five Tony Award nominations for his performances in Sweet Smell of Success, Shrek the Musical, Something Rotten!, Into the Woods and Days of Wine and Roses. O'Brien starred for two seasons in Showtime's City on a Hill and two seasons in AMC/The CW's 61st Street. Chalfant recurred on Netflix's House of Cards, Showtime's The Affair and CBS' Madam Secretary.
- Barrera will play Michelle, a deceptive character who will keep everyone guessing.
- Daniel will play Parker, an intelligence officer who gets swept up into a new world she must figure out quickly.
- James will play John Moira, a boss and mentor who is not afraid to make tough decisions.
- O'Brien will play Cobb, an ambitious intelligence agent.
- Chalfant will play St. George, a quiet leader focused on the long game.
NETFLIX's THE WATERFRONT
- Topher Grace has landed a recurring role on the upcoming drama starring Holt McCallany and Maria Bello. He previously starred for seven seasons in FOX's That '70s Show and three seasons in ABC's Home Economics.
- He will play Grady, a shrewd and intense individual who is looking to get in business with the Buckley family.
NETFLIX's HIS & HERS
- Poppy Liu and Chris Bauer have been cast in recurring roles on the upcoming limited series starring Tessa Thompson and Jon Bernthal. Liu previously starred in the Amazon limited series Dead Ringers and in the second season of AppleTV+'s The Afterparty. Bauer starred for seven seasons in HBO's True Blood, three seasons in HBO's The Deuce and two seasons in Starz's Heels.
- Liu will play Helen Wang, the headmistress at St. Hilary's Academy who is fiercely self-protective. She is a good friend of the murder victim and becomes increasingly irritated and incensed by Anna's (Thompson) reporting, but Anna can't help but feel as though Helen is hiding something.
- Bauer will play Clyde Duffie, Rachel's husband and a pizza chain mogul who is very candid about his immense wealth. After Rachel is found murdered in the woods, he becomes a personal of interest for Detective Jack Harper (Bernthal) and the secrets he keeps may make him the perfect suspect.
CBS' THE NEIGHBORHOOD
- Glynn Turman will appear in two episodes of the comedy's upcoming seventh season. He previously starred for five seasons in NBC's A Different World, one season in HBO's The Wire and five seasons in Showtime's House of Lies. He also won an Emmy Award in 2008 for his role in HBO's In Treatment.
- He will play Otis, Tina Butler's (Tichina Arnold) father.