Tuesday, October 8, 2024

Casting News - Amber Midthunder Boards 'Monarch: Legacy of Monsters'; Alice Braga Joins 'Man on Fire'; Plus 2 More Updates!

Casting News - October 8, 2024

AppleTV+'s Monarch: Legacy of Monsters; Netflix's His & Hers and Man on Fire; and Showtime's The Agency.





APPLE TV+'s MONARCH: LEGACY OF MONSTERS
  • Amber Midthunder has booked a recurring role on the drama's upcoming second season. She previously starred for three seasons in FX's Legion and four seasons in The CW's Roswell, New Mexico. She also recurred on Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender and starred in the Hulu film Prey.
  • She will play Isabel, an intelligent and powerful businesswoman.
NETFLIX's MAN ON FIRE
  • Alice Braga, Scoot McNairy and Paul Ben-Victor have been cast on the upcoming drama starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II. Braga currently stars in AppleTV+'s Dark Matter, which has been renewed for a second season. McNairy starred for four seasons in AMC's Halt and Catch Fire and two seasons in Netflix's Narcos: Mexico. Ben-Victor recurred on Netflix's Nobody Wants This, which was released last month.
  • Braga will play Valeria Melo, a professional driver with family connections to a gang that runs a favela in Brazil. John Creasy (Abdul-Mateen) hires her and quickly comes to rely on her as he tries to protect a young girl while pursuing terrorists.
  • McNairy will recur as Henry Tappan, an intelligent and calculating CIA field agent stationed in Brazil.
  • Ben-Victor will recur as Moncrief, the director of the CIA.
SHOWTIME's THE AGENCY
  • Reza Brojerdi, Adam Nagaitis, Ambreen Razia, Bilal Hasna, David Harewood, Kurt Egyiawan, Ray BLK, Sabrina Wu and Tom Vaughan-Lawlor have joined the cast of the upcoming drama starring Michael Fassbender. Brojerdi has been cast as a series regular while the other eight will be recurring guest stars.
  • Brojerdi (Marnow Murders, The Sheikh) will play Reza, a university professor who runs a sought-after exchange program to Tehran.
  • Nagaitis (The Terror, The Responder) will play Grandma, a security officer and strong arm.
  • Razia (The Curse, Starstruck) will play Blair, an undercover CIA agent and former handler.
  • Hasna (Extraordinary, 3 Body Problem) will play Simon, a CIA agent and intelligence analyst.
  • Harewood (Homeland, Supergirl) will play Dalaga, a Sudanese businessman.
  • Egyiawan (The Exorcist, House of the Dragon) will play Osman, a Sudanese Mukhabarat agent running security for secret negotiations.
  • BLK (Champion) will play Dozer, a security officer on the surveillance team.
  • Wu (Joy Ride, Abbott Elementary) will play Raine, assistant to the Director of Operations at the CIA's London Station.
  • Vaughan-Lawlor (Dublin Murders, The Ipcress File) will play Ben, the signals intelligence expert.
NETFLIX's HIS & HERS
  • Jamie Tisdale, Izzy Kusman, Rhoda Griffis, Dave Maldonado, Tiffany Ho, Kristen Maxwell, Leah Merritt, Mike Pniewski, Astrid Rotenberry and Ellie Rose Sawyer have landed recurring roles on the upcoming limited series starring Tessa Thompson and Jon Bernthal.
  • Tisdale (From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series, The Leftovers) will play Rachel, a former friend of Anna's (Thompson) from St. Hilary's whose life in Dahlonega is not at all what it seems.
  • Kusman (The Fabelmans, Megalopolis) will play Teen Rachel.
  • Griffis (Fear the Walking Dead, Ozark) will play Dr. Carol Turner, a seasoned pathologist who performs autopsies with clinical charm.
  • Maldonado (Your Honor, Queen Sugar) will play a southern, no-nonsense sheriff who is determined to keep the status quo.
  • Ho will play Teen Helen, the younger version of the character played by Poppy Liu.
  • Maxwell (Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin, Gossip Girl) will play Teen Anna.
  • Merritt (Insatiable, A Friend of the Family) will play Teen Zoe, the younger version of the character played by Marin Ireland.
  • Pniewski (The Good Wife, Hightown) will play Jim Pruss, the smart, ratings-obsessed general manager at WSK News in Atlanta. He is fond of former anchor Anna Andrews but must prioritize the newcomer that took her place, Lexy Jones (Rebecca Rittenhouse).
  • Rotenberry (Law & Order: SVU, American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez) will play Catherine Kelly, an awkward teen who doesn't seem to fit in at St. Hilary's Academy.
  • Sawyer will play Meg. Playful and wise beyond her years, she adores her Uncle Jack (Bernthal).