Casting News - February 13, 2025
AppleTV+'s Star City; Paramount+'s Untitled Guy Ritchie Drama; Prime Video's Elle; and Showtime's Dexter: Resurrection.
AppleTV+'s Star City; Paramount+'s Untitled Guy Ritchie Drama; Prime Video's Elle; and Showtime's Dexter: Resurrection.
PRIME VIDEO's ELLE
- Lexi Minetree will portray the titular character in the upcoming Legally Blonde prequel from executive producer Reese Witherspoon. She previously appeared in the Lifetime film The Murdaugh Murders and guest starred on NBC's Law & Order: SVU.
- The series will follow Elle Woods (Minetree) in high school as life experiences shape her into the iconic young woman viewers have come to known and love in the feature film franchise.
PARAMOUNT+'s UNTITLED GUY RITCHIE DRAMA
- Geoff Bell, Daniel Betts, Lisa Dwan and Emily Barber have landed recurring roles on the upcoming drama starring Tom Hardy, Pierce Brosnan and Helen Mirren. Bell previously recurred on HBO's His Dark Materials and Prime Video's Absentia. Betts recurred on Netflix's Fate: The Winx Saga and HBO's Gentleman Jack. Dwan starred for two seasons in Netflix's Top Boy. Barber recurred on Netflix's Bridgerton and HBO's Industry.
- Bell will play Richie, the redoubtable leader of the up-and-coming south London Stevenson gang.
- Betts will play Brendan, Conrad (Brosnan) and Maeve's (Mirren) oldest son.
- Dwan will play O'Hara, the Harrigan family lawyer.
- Barber will play Alice, Jan's (Joanne Froggatt) friend whom she meets in group therapy.
SHOWTIME's DEXTER: RESURRECTION
- Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Kadia Saraf, Dominic Fumusa and Emilia Suárez have joined the cast of the upcoming Dexter sequel starring Michael C. Hall. Mwine previously starred for three seasons in Showtime's The Chi and recurred on Netflix's The Lincoln Lawyer. Saraf recurred on NBC's Law & Order: SVU. Fumusa starred for seven seasons in Showtime's Nurse Jackie and recurred on Showtime's Homeland. Suárez starred in Hulu's one-season comedy Up Here.
- Mwine will play Blessing Kamara, a ride share driver who radiates unwavering optimism and a man devoted to his family and community.
- Saraf will play Detective Claudette Wallace, a razor-sharp investigator known for her methodical precision and unrelenting focus.
- Fumusa will play Detective Melvin Oliva, Claudette Wallace's partner at NYPD who is the only one who understands his quirky partner.
- Suárez will play Elsa Rivera, Harrison Morgan's (Jack Alcott) vibrant and determined friend and co-worker at the Empire Hotel.
APPLE TV+'s STAR CITY
- Solly McLeod, Agnes O'Casey and Alice Englert will co-star on the upcoming For All Mankind spinoff starring Rhys Ifans and Anna Maxwell Martin. McLeod previously starred in the Sky Max limited series The Rising. O'Casey recurred on Netflix's Black Doves and BBC One's Wolf Hall. Englert starred in Starz's one-season drama Dangerous Liaisons and recurred on Netflix's Ratched.
- McLeod will play Sasha, a reckless cosmonaut who has yet to live up to his potential.
- O'Casey will play Irina, a recent addition to the surveillance department at Star City.
- Englert will play Anastasia, an untested female cosmonaut in the Soviet Space program.