Casting News: Hugh Laurie’s Apple Series, A Man on the Inside Adds 11 and More
Hugh Laurie is The Wanted Man.
The House vet will star in Apple TV+’s upcoming thriller from Lupin and Hijack creator George Kay, TVLine has learned.
The eight-episode drama “charts the rise and fall of Felix Carmichael (Laurie), the elusive and powerful head of notorious British crime syndicate ‘The Capital,'” reads the official synopsis. “Untouchable for twenty years, Carmichael is finally apprehended, but while he’s held in the infamous Staplehurst prison, it becomes clear that he’s been betrayed by one of his own. As the traitor moves to dismantle the empire he has built, Carmichael must risk everything in a daring escape. Willing to stop at nothing to take his revenge, if he succeeds, he’ll be a wanted man once more.”
The cast also includes Thandiwe Newton (Westworld), Fionn Whitehead (Dunkirk), Gina McKee (The Rook), Hazel Doupe (Say Nothing), Stephen Dillane (Alex Rider, Game of Thrones) and Elliott Heffernan.
In other recent casting news…
* Netflix’s A Man on the Inside has added the following actors for Season 2, per our sister site Variety: Gary Cole (NCIS), Max Greenfield (The Neighborhood, New Girl), Michaela Conlin (Bones), Sam Huntington (Being Human), Constance Marie (Switched at Birth, George Lopez), David Strathairn (Alphas), Jason Mantzoukas (Big Mouth), Jill Talley (Spongebob Squarepants), Linda Park (Bosch), Lisa Gilroy (Interior Chinatown) and Madison Hu (The Brothers Sun).
* Prime Video’s series-adaptation of Elle Kennedy’s Off Campus books has cast Ella Bright (The Crown) and Belmont Camelli (Peacock’s Saved by the Bell) as its main characters, Hannah and Garrett, Variety reports. Rounding out the ensemble are Mika Abdalla (The Pitt, The Flash) as Allie, Antonio Cipriano (Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin) as Logan, Jalen Thomas Brooks (The Pitt, Walker) as Tucker, Josh Heuston (Dune: Prophecy) as Justin and Stephen Kalyn (Cruel Intentions) as Dean.
* Disney Jr.’s upcoming new animated series Marvel’s Iron Man and his Awesome Friends has tapped Tony Hale (Veep, Toy Story 4) to voice Ultron, while Vanessa Bayer (Saturday Night Live) and Talon Warburton will voice fellow villains Swarm and Absorbing Man. As previously announced on the hero front, Mason Blomberg, Kapri Ladd and Aidyn Ahn will respectively voice Tony Stark (Iron Man), Riri Williams (Ironheart) and Amadeus Cho (Iron Hulk).
Hit the comments with your thoughts on the above castings!
Whoa, that Man on the Inside cast list is stacked! So many familiar faces. Looking forward to the next season. It was the perfect show to watch with my dad (even though it did hit a bit close to home as he is widowed).
Gary Cole has been cast in a new role, according to the above article. What does that mean for his role on NCIS?
Good question, but streaming shows have far shorter seasons and we don’t know how many episodes he’ll actually be in. So the overlap might be lower than we think.