Casting Update: The CW Adds Debra Mooney to The Originals and Percy Daggs III to iZombie
Debi Moore
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Along with all the cool Halloween season tie-ins we’ve been getting non-stop, and will no doubt continue to be bombarded with for the next week, some interesting TV casting news has crept in with regard to two shows on The CW: “The Originals” has added Debra Mooney as a werewolf matriarch, and a “Veronica Mars” reunion of sorts is in the works at “iZombie” as Percy Daggs III reteams with Rob Thomas, creator the former and co-creator of the latter.
Per TVLine Mooney (“Everwood,” “Scandal”) will recur in Season 2 of “The Originals” as Mary, a “tough, no-nonsense” werewolf who will do quite literally anything to ensure the safety of her pack. But don’t expect to see her too soon; she will first appear in Episode 2.11.
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As for “iZombie,” it still doesn’t have a premiere date yet beyond “midseason,” but thanks to TV Guide we do know Daggs (aka Wallace Fennel on Thomas’ “Mars”) will play Sean Taylor, a wealthy genius who lives in Seattle. When he gets a job offer in Silicon Valley, he plans to move his wife, Penny, and six-year-old stepdaughter, Anna, there but then finds himself in a tough custody battle with Anna’s father, Everett. The problem, however, is seemingly solved when Everett is killed.
Loosely based on the comic book series of the same name, “iZombie” follows Olivia “Liv” Moore (Rose McIver), a medical resident whose life is changed forever when she attends a party that turns into a zombie feeding frenzy. It co-stars David Anders and Robert Buckley.
“iZombie,” from Rob Thomas Productions and Warner Bros. Television, is written by Rob Thomas and Diane Ruggiero and produced by Thomas, Ruggiero, Danielle Stokdyk, and Dan Etheridge.
Synopsis
Med student-turned-zombie Liv (McIver) takes a job in the coroner’s office to gain access to the brains she must reluctantly eat to maintain her humanity. But with each brain she consumes, she inherits the corpse’s memories. With the help of her medical examiner boss and a police detective, she solves homicide cases in order to quiet the disturbing voices in her head. Based on the characters created by Chris Roberson and Michael Allred; published by DC Comics’ Vertigo imprint.
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