Huge Westworld Casting Update Includes James Marsden, Eddie Rouse, and a Half Dozen Others
HBO is casting a pretty wide net when it comes to filling roles in its upcoming adaptation of “Westworld,” as evidenced by this latest word that X-Men franchise star James Marsden plus seven other notable actors have just signed on.
Per THR’s The Live Feed, Marsden will play Teddy Flood, a mysterious new arrival to a small frontier town. He quickly proves both his charm – and his talent with a revolver. His pursuit of a local beauty launches him on a dark journey.
Inspired by Michael Crichton’s 1977 film of the same name, the project, which hails from JJ Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions, Jerry Weintraub Productions, and Kilter Films, is billed as “a dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness and the future of sin.”
Eddie Rouse (Pandorum, American Gangster) has been cast as “Kissy” (short for “Kisecawchuck”), a laconic American-Indian card – and contraband – dealer from the town saloon, making him an expert in games both on and off the table.
Other new additions include Demetrius Grosse (“Justified”), Kyle Bornheimer (She’s Out of My League, Bachelorette), Currie Graham (“Murder in the First”), Lena Georgas (“Ray Donovan”), Steven Ogg (Grand Theft Auto V), and Timothy Lee DePriest.
They join the previously announced Anthony Hopkins, Evan Rachel Wood, Jeffrey Wright, Rodrigo Santoro, Shannon Woodward, Ingrid Bolso Berdal, Angela Sarafyan, and Simon Quarterman.
Abrams will executive produce alongside veteran producer Weintraub and Bad Robot’s Bryan Burk. “Person of Interest’s” Jonathan Nolan, who co-wrote the pilot, will executive produce and direct as well. Lisa Joy co-wrote the pilot and will exec produce. Kathy Lingg will co-EP, and Athena Wickham is a producer on the Warner Bros. Television drama. David Coatsworth is set as a co-EP and line producer with Susie Ekins set as a co-producer.
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