Casting News - December 12, 2024
ABC's Shifting Gears; CBS' Fire Country & Sheriff Country; FX's The Beauty; and HBO's Untitled Steve Carell Comedy.
ABC's Shifting Gears; CBS' Fire Country & Sheriff Country; FX's The Beauty; and HBO's Untitled Steve Carell Comedy.
ABC's SHIFTING GEARS
- Jenna Elfman has booked a recurring role on the upcoming comedy starring Tim Allen and Kat Dennings. This marks a return to ABC and multi-camera sitcoms for Elfman after previously starring for five seasons in Dharma & Greg, receiving three Emmy Award nominations for her performance. More recently, she starred for five seasons in AMC's Fear the Walking Dead and next appears in the upcoming third season of AMC's Dark Winds.
- She will play Eve Drake, a spirited choreographer and owner of the dance studio across from Parker Customs.
HBO's UNTITLED STEVE CARELL COMEDY
- Charly Clive will play the female lead opposite Steve Carell in the upcoming comedy created by Bill Lawrence and Matt Tarses. She previously starred in the Channel 4 limited series Pure and for two seasons in Sky Max's The Lazarus Project.
- The comedy is set on a college campus and centers on an author's (Carell) complicated relationship with his daughter (Clive).
FX's THE BEAUTY
- Rebecca Hall has joined the cast of the upcoming drama starring Evan Peters, Anthony Ramos, Jeremy Pope and Ashton Kutcher. She previously starred in the BBC One limited series The Listeners. She also appears in the Godzilla vs. Kong film franchise.
- No details were immediately announced about the character she will be playing.
CBS' FIRE COUNTRY and SHERIFF COUNTRY
- W. Earl Brown will appear in an upcoming episode of the firefighter drama's third season with the expectation of becoming a series regular on the spinoff starring Morena Baccarin. He previously starred for three seasons in HBO's Deadwood, in the first season of ABC's American Crime, in the first season of AMC's Preacher and in the AppleTV+ limited series Five Days at Memorial.
- He will play Wes, an off-the-grid marijuana grower as well as the father of Sheriff Mickey Fox (Baccarin) and stepfather of Sharon Leone (Diane Farr). He lives a semi-reclusive life in the mountains of Edgewater, allowing only a select few to know the location of his marijuana grow operation. This illegal business creates tension with his daughter Mickey, the local sheriff. A "lovable outlaw" and "Rippie" (redneck-hippie), Wes is kind and generous toward his family, particularly his granddaughter Skye. However, his good intentions are sometimes undermined by his unreliable nature.