Casting News: Tom Mison Joins Robin Hood, Y&R Vet to Days and More
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key TakeawaysTom Mison (Sleepy Hollow, Watchmen) is among seven actors joining the recurring cast of MGM+’s modernized Robin Hood adaptation, our sister site Deadline reports. Mison will play Hugh, the father of Rob (NCIS: Sydney‘s Jack Patten), described as a “proud Saxon with deep ties to the land.”
Other additions include Graeme Thomas King (Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists), Anastasia Griffith (Once Upon a Time), Matija Gredić, Mihailo Lazić, Boban Marjanović (John Wick: Chapter 3) and Jelena Gavrilović (The Outpost).
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In other recent casting news…
* Peacock’s Days of Our Lives has added Michael Roark (ex-Travis, The Young and the Restless) in an undisclosed role, our sister siteSoaps.comconfirms. Roark has already been taping and first airs in early October.
* Neil Patrick Harris will host the Netflix game show What’s In the Box, in which pairs of contestants compete in trivia rounds to win “jaw-dropping” mystery prizes. “But winning a prize is just the beginning,” Netflix warns. “As the game unfolds, shifting alliances and unexpected twists mean only those with sharp instincts — and a little luck — will hold onto their winnings and claim victory.” The show, of which six 45-minute episodes have been ordered, will premiere in December.
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* Priya Kansara (Dope Girls) has boarded Apple TV+’s For All Mankind spinoff, Star City, in the series regular role of a gifted scientist named Lakshmi, Deadline reports.
* Mackenzie Davis (Halt and Catch Fire) and Charlie Heaton (Stranger Things) have joined Josh Hartnett (Penny Dreadful) in Netflix’s untitled limited series about asea creature that terrorizes a remote Newfoundland town.
* Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey) will voice Solitus — a fallen Jedi who sought out access to Forcehold, a secret realm full of discarded pieces of the past — in the four-part, animated Disney+ sequel series LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy – Pieces of the Past, premiering Friday, Sept. 19.
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Mison's casting as a new character in Robin Hood promises to add an unexpected depth and complexity, while the transfer of Y&R veteran adds fresh dynamics between characters on 2 DAYS - proving that change is not only good for us but also thrilling entertainment fans.
Fresh casting news has bubbled up, with Tom Mison leapfrogging onto the Robin Hood series and Y&R vet joining forces on Days of Our Lives - a delightful infusion for fans to embrace.
