Casting News - December 16, 2024
The CW's All American & Wild Cards; Paramount+'s Star Trek: Starfleet Academy & Untitled Guy Ritchie Drama; and Peacock's Untitled Simu Liu Drama.
The CW's All American & Wild Cards; Paramount+'s Star Trek: Starfleet Academy & Untitled Guy Ritchie Drama; and Peacock's Untitled Simu Liu Drama.
THE CW's WILD CARDS
- Martin Sheen, Ally Sheedy, Marie Avgeropoulos, Tony D'Angelo and Katie Findlay will appear in the drama's upcoming second season. Sheen previously starred for seven seasons in NBC's The West Wing and seven seasons in Netflix's Grace and Frankie. Sheedy starred for two seasons in Freeform's Single Drunk Female. Avgeropoulos starred for seven seasons in The CW's The 100. D'Angelo has been a WWE wrestler since 2021. Findlay starred in the first season of ABC's How to Get Away With Murder and in the third season of FXX's Man Seeking Woman.
- Sheen will play Joseph Edwards, the "greatest con man of all time" with connections to Max (Vanessa Morgan) and George (Jason Priestley).
- Sheedy will play Rose Pruett, a no-nonsense ranch owner.
- Avgeropoulos will play Nadia Evans, a mother and street racing expert.
- D'Angelo will play Jaw, a formidable criminal mastermind.
- Findlay will play Maddy, Max's best friend and former partner.
PARAMOUNT+'s UNTITLED GUY RITCHIE DRAMA
- Alex Fine has joined the cast of the upcoming drama starring Tom Hardy, Pierce Brosnan and Helen Mirren. He previously recurred on Paramount+'s 1883 and next stars in Netflix's upcoming limited series American Primeval.
- He will play Donnie, Harry's (Hardy) adversary.
PEACOCK's UNTITLED SIMU LIU DRAMA
- Saul Rubinek has booked a recurring role on the upcoming drama starring Simu Liu. He previously starred for five seasons in Syfy's Warehouse 13 and in the first season of Amazon's Hunters. He also recurred on NBC's Frasier and Amazon's The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
- He will play Victor Simonek, a retired special agent and confidante to Alexander Hale (Liu).
THE CW's ALL AMERICAN
- Lauryn Hardy, Terayle Hill and Sasha Lance have landed recurring roles on the drama's upcoming seventh season. Hardy previously guest starred on ABC's The Middle, Showtime's The Affair, Netflix's Family Reunion and FOX's 9-1-1. Hill starred for three seasons on YouTube/Starz's Step Up: High Water. Lance is behind the production and hospitality collective, The Pavé Group.
- Hardy will play Tori, the head cheerleader at Beverly High and a competitive athlete. She's the first friend KJ (Nathaniel McIntyre) makes at Beverly and is never afraid to speak up for herself or fight for what she wants.
- Hill will play Marqui Edwards, the charming yet dangerous father of Khalil (Antonio J. Bell). A gang member and single father at 16 years old, he grew up alongside his son. But now that Khalil is a teen with a mind of his own, their relationship has grown more complicated.
- Lance will play Breonna Strong, a brilliant and passionate law school associate professor, who's unapologetic in how she moves through life. Her unique approach to law opens a whole new world for Coop (Bre-Z).
PARAMOUNT+'s STAR TREK: STARFLEET ACADEMY
- Becky Lynch has been cast as a guest star on the upcoming drama starring Holly Hunter. She has performed as a WWE wrestler since 2014. She has also guest starred on History's Vikings, Showtime's Billions and NBC's Young Rock.
- No details were immediately announced about the character she will be playing.