Tuesday, November 12, 2024

Casting News - Chin Han, Hoa Xuande and Justin Chien Board 'Avatar: The Last Airbender'; Plus 4 More Updates!

Casting News - November 12, 2024

AppleTV+'s Margo's Got Money Troubles; Disney+'s Percy Jackson and the Olympians; FOX's The Cleaning Lady; Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender; and Peacock's Poker Face.




NETFLIX's AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER
  • Chin Han, Hoa Xuande, Justin Chien, Amanda Zhou, Crystal Yu, Kelemete Misipeka, Lourdes Faberes and Rekha Sharma have booked recurring roles on the drama's upcoming second season.
  • Han will play Long Feng. Han currently stars in the Mortal Kombat film franchise and previously recurred on NBC's The Blacklist.
  • Xuande will play Professor Zei. Xuande starred in the HBO limited series The Sympathizer and recurred on Paramount+'s Last King of the Cross and Netflix's Cowboy Bebop.
  • Chien will play King Kuei. Chien starred in Netflix's one-season dramedy The Brothers Sun.
  • Zhou will play Joo Dee. Zhou starred in Netflix's one-season drama Spinning Out and recurred on Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale.
  • Yu will play Lady Beifong. Yu starred for four years in the British soap opera Casualty and recurred on Amazon's Good Omens.
  • Misipeka will play The Boulder. Misipeka guest starred on USA's Mr. Robot, NBC's New Amsterdam, FXX's Dave and CBS' NCIS: Los Angeles.
  • Faberes will play General Sung. Faberes guest starred on Netflix's The Sandman and will appear in Prime Video's upcoming limited series Anansi Boys
  • Sharma will play Amita. Sharma recurred on Paramount+'s Star Trek: Discovery, Showtime's Yellowjackets and The CW's Roswell, New Mexico.
PEACOCK's POKER FACE
  • Awkwafina, Corey Hawkins, Simon Rex and Clifford "Method Man" Smith will guest star on the dramedy's upcoming second season. Awkwafina previously starred in the films Ocean's 8, Crazy Rich Asians and The Farewell. Hawkins starred in the films Straight Outta Compton, In the Heights and The Color Purple. Rex starred in the films Red Rocket and Blink Twice. Method Man starred for four seasons in Starz's Power Book II: Ghost.
  • No details were immediately announced about the characters they will be playing.
DISNEY+'s PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS
  • Andra Day will appear in the drama's upcoming second season. She received an Academy Award nomination in 2021 for her lead role in the film The United States vs. Billie Holiday. She has also received three Grammy Award nominations - winning once for the soundtrack that accompanied her Oscar-nominated film.
  • She will play Athena, the Greek Goddess of Wisdom and Annabeth's (Leah Sava Jeffries) mother.
APPLE TV+'s MARGO'S GOT MONEY TROUBLES
  • Thaddea Graham will co-star on the upcoming drama starring Elle Fanning, Nicole Kidman, Michelle Pfeiffer and Nick Offerman. She previously starred in the fourth season of Netflix's Sex Education and will appear in the upcoming second season of AppleTV+'s Bad Sisters.
  • She will play Susie, Margo's (Fanning) roommate.
FOX's THE CLEANING LADY
  • Yancey Arias and Khalen Roman Sanchez have joined the cast of the drama's upcoming fourth season. Arias previously starred in the third season of USA's Queen of the South and recurred on Amazon's Bosch. Sanchez appears in the upcoming Lifetime film A Carpenter Christmas Romance.
  • Arias will recur as Neto, a hitman and high-ranking member of the cartel. He is an intimidating sicario but also a father figure to Jorge (Santiago Cabrera), who Neto taught to use guns and kill animals at a young age. His show-no-mercy mentality when completing cartel missions makes him a worthy opponent to any threatening force.
  • Sanchez will take over the role of Thony's (Élodie Yung) son, Luca, as a series regular. The character was played by twins Sebastien and Valentino LaSalle in the drama's first three seasons.