Netflix has hired eleven new cast members for their upcoming limited series primordial americanwhich is set as the protagonist TaylorKitsch. It will be joined in the six-part limited series by Jay Courtney, Kyle Bradley Davis, Dan DeHaan, Betty Gilpin, Nick Hargrove, Derek Hinchey, Saura Lightfoot Leon, Preston Motta, Shawnee Pourier, Joe TippetAnd Shea Whigham.
primordial american is described as “a gritty and adventurous exploration of the birth of the American West. The violent collisions of cultures, religions and communities as men and women fight and die for control of this new world – for a land they truly believe is their destiny. The ensemble tells a story of the sacrifice everyone has to pay when they choose to enter a lawless and savage desert. As previously announced, Kitsch will play Isaac, who is said to be “a traumatized man struggling to overcome his demons and find a reason to live in this brutal and punishing world.”
Mark L. Smith (The avenger) is writing and producing the series, with Peter Berg (Friday night lights, Hancock) joined the executive production and directed all episodes as the first project under his first-look deal with Netflix via Film 44.
Check out the character descriptions below:
Courteney (Kaleidoscope, Suicide Squad) will play Virgil Cutter, described as a “trapper and bounty hunter who sees opportunity in the naivety of others.” Davis (American Horror Story, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia) will play Tilly, one of Cutter’s huntresses. The character is further described as “a mean and dangerous man who doesn’t mind killing to get ahead and rather enjoys it when others fear him.”
DeHaan (Oppenheimer, The Staircase) will play Jacob Pratt, “a Mormon who takes his family across the border to join other settlers in Utah.” Gilpino (Gas light, GLOW) will play Sara Rowell, who is said to be “an extremely capable woman with an air of composure and grace that seems out of place at Fort Bridger as she seeks guidance across the frontier for her and her son, Devin (Mota). “
Hargrove (Devotion) will play Cottrell, described as “a young man who helps out at Fort Bridger and serves as Jim Bridger’s (Whigham) right-hand man.” hink (Walker Independence, Horizon) will play Red Feather, “the leader of a renegade group of Crow warriors known as the Wolf Clan.”
lightfoot lion (Hoard, Lords of the Air) will play Abish, “a Mormon woman not happy to be seen as the property of her husband, Jacob (DeHaan).” Motta (City of Asteroids) will play Devin Rowell, described as “a sensitive soul with an inquisitive mind.” Pourer (Stranger things, dark winds) will play Two Moons, who is said to be “a young girl fleeing her village with a strong will and a desire to survive at all costs.” Tippett (Easttown Mare, The Morning Show) will play James Wolsey, “a Mormon man who leads a militia of men who don’t possess the moral code they claim to possess.” Finally, Whigham (Joker, Boardwalk Empire) will play Jim Bridger, “a grizzled realist but a respectable man. Bridger manages his namesake Fort, a popular stopping point for settlers and trappers. »
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by Jessica Fisher
Source: Geek Tyrant
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