Friday, January 3, 2025

Casting News - 'New Amsterdam' Alum Jocko Sims Books Role on NBC's 'Grosse Pointe Garden Society'; Plus 1 More Update!

Casting News - January 3, 2025

Max's And Just Like That and NBC's Grosse Pointe Garden Society.






NBC's GROSSE POINTE GARDEN SOCIETY
  • Jocko Sims, Saamer Usmani, Josh Ventura and Nora Zehetner have booked recurring roles on the upcoming drama starring Melissa Fumero. Sims previously starred for four seasons in TNT's The Last Ship and five seasons in NBC's New Amsterdam. Usmani currently stars in Netflix's 3 Body Problem, which has been renewed for a second season. Ventura recurred on Netflix's Raising Dion and Starz's P-Valley. Zehetner starred in the Disney+ limited series The Right Stuff and recurred on ABC's Grey's Anatomy.
  • Sims will play Tucker, Catherine's (Aja Naomi King) husband. He's entitled, self-serving, dismissive and prioritizes everything above his wife.
  • Usmani will play Gary, a local realtor who's having an affair with Catherine.
  • Ventura will play Connor, a successful lawyer who's a partner at the law firm Brett's (Ben Rappaport) ex-wife works for.
  • Zehetner will play Melissa, Brett's ex-wife who is now married to Connor.
MAX's AND JUST LIKE THAT
  • Patti LuPone and Kristen Schaal will appear in the comedy's upcoming third season. A three-time Tony Award winner, LuPone recently starred in the Disney+ limited series Agatha All Along. Schaal starred for four seasons in FOX's The Last Man on Earth and two seasons in FX's What We Do In the Shadows.
  • No details were immediately announced about the characters they will be playing.