At the very bottom of a Hollywood Reporter article on Freddie Prinze Jr. is word that Nazneen Contractor has been cast for the role of Kayla Hashemi: Also cast as a recurring on the 20th TV/Imagine series is Nazneen Contractor as Kapoor’s daughter. Here is the information on Kayla Hashemi from the casting call: Kayla… View Article
Jennifer Westfeldt and John Boyd have joined the cast of Fox’s “24.” On the upcoming eighth season of the real-time drama, to be set in New York, “Kissing Jessica Stein” star Westfeldt will play the recurring role of Meredith Reed, an ambitious journalist with ties to Arman Hashemi (Anil Kapoor), a Middle East leader who… View Article
According to my watch, it’s time for the second piece of casting on 24’s eighth season! Chris Diamantopoulos — best known as Debra Messing’s gay BFF on The Starter Wife — has been tapped to play the series regular role of Rob Weiss, the argumentative and tough new Chief of Staff to President Allison Taylor… View Article
Here we have the casting calls for many new major characters in 24 Season 8. “24”, the hit show from Fox Network, is now casting major ongoing roles for the 2010 season. From the producer of “Arrested Development”, this stylish show is about Counter Terrorist Unit agent Jack Bauer as he struggles to protect the… View Article
With more than a month of episodes remaining in its seventh season, FOX’s “24” has already begun casting for its eighth cycle. The network announced on Friday (April 3) that Indian actor Anil Kapoor has signed on to be a series regular for “24” Day Eight. Kapoor will play a Middle Eastern leader who comes… View Article
Tim Guinee is set for a recurring role on Fox’s “24.” On “24,” Guinee (“Iron Man”) will play Ken Dellao, a news reporter with ties to First Daughter Olivia Taylor (Sprague Grayden). The actor, repped by Innovative and Larry Taube/Sue Leibman, also recently appeared in “Synecdoche, New York.”
Meanwhile, Amy Price-Francis has landed a recurring role on Aylesworth’s former show, Fox’s “24.” In a six-episode arc on the Imagine TV/20th TV-produced “24,” Price-Francis will plays a ruthless attorney working for Jonas Hodges (Jon Voight). Price-Francis, who recurred on Showtime’s “Californication,” co-stars on A&E’s “The Cleaner” as Benjamin Bratt’s wife and guest stars on… View Article
24 producers are looking for two new characters – an attorney for Jonas Hodges and a powerful figure named Alan Wilson that sounds ominous. Question: Is Kim Bauer’s return related to the 24 writers shutting down production for two weeks? Or is there any specific reason for them doing so? — Yong Ausiello: Wrong, Yong… View Article
Michael Rodrick has been cast in a multi-episode arc on Fox’s “24,” playing Stokes, a deadly military operative. Rodrick, who also will guest star on CBS’ “Without a Trace” this fall, is reppped by GVA Talent and Judy O Prods.
Rory Cochrane, whose dearly departed CSI: Miami character managed to resurface last season (as an ethereal vision of Delko’s), has joined the ensemble of Fox’s 24 for this coming season, sources tell me exclusively. Cochrane will be filling the recurring role of Greg Seaton, a crony of Jon Voight’s big very baddie. Jack Bauer et… View Article
It looks like the mastermind of 24 Season 7 has been cast – Jon Voight will show up in the second half of the season and “feature heavily” into the storyline, and will also be introduced in the prequel. LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – In his first series role in 40 years, Jon Voight has… View Article
Sprague Grayden has landed roles in FX’s upcoming drama series “Sons of Anarchy” and Fox’s “24.” “Anarchy” revolves around a notorious outlaw motorcycle club’s efforts to protect their town of Charming, Calif., from drug dealers and local corporate developers. Grayden is playing Donna Lerner, a biker’s wife who puts pressure on her husband to stay… View Article
Eric Lively, Tony Todd and Gil Bellows have been cast in the “24” prequel. The two-hour “24” prequel to the upcoming seventh season will feature Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) battling an international crisis in Africa while the U.S. ushers in a new president on Inauguration Day. “L Word” alum Lively, brother of “Gossip Girl” star… View Article
Check your watches Ausholes, ’cause I’m pretty sure it’s time for some 24 scoop! Sources confirm to me exclusively that Scottish thesp Robert Carlyle (The Full Monty) has been cast in Fox’s upcoming 24 prequel movie as Benton, Jack’s mentor in Africa. As Fox announced this morning, the two-hour telepic, shot on location in South… View Article
Here is the casting calls for two new villain characters to be introduced in Season 7 Episodes 11 or 12. General Benjamin Juma 40’s, African-American dictator of Sangala, an African nation. Juma is ruthless and has not only created a Darfur type situation in his country but is trying to force the President to bow… View Article