EXCLUSIVE: Wendell Pierce and Carra Patterson tapped to star opposite Carrie Preston in CBS drama pilot, Elizabeth. This completes the regular series casting for the pilot with immediate effect the good woman And The Good Fight EPs Robert and Michelle King, centered around Patterson’s character of Elsbeth Tascioni, appear on the good woman and also appeared in the spin-off The Good Fight.
In Elizabeth, Elsbeth Tascioni (Preston), a shrewd but unconventional lawyer whose pilot was written by Robert and Michelle King and directed by Robert King, uses her unique perspective after her successful career in Chicago to make unique observations and brilliant criminals close to the NYPD.
Pierce plays Captain Wagner, a New York police chief who owns every room he enters. Experienced and charismatic, Wagner is the toast of the department.
Patterson plays Officer Kaya Blanke, a stoic, ethical New York City cop who is used to being overlooked by her superiors.
Both Pierce and Patterson have crossed paths with drama and comedy throughout their careers, which has also been a feature of the Kings’ work the good woman And the good fight with Elsbeth as one of the standout comic book characters of the franchise.
Always in demand for series, Pierce just became available after a four-season run on the Amazon action drama Jack Ryan by Tom Clancy. His CV includes dark dramas such as that of David Simon The cable And tramalong with a new twist in Fox’s anthology accused lighter methods like Take as well as comedies like The divorced couple. On stage, Pierce returned to Broadway last year for a limited run to reprise his portrayal of Willy Loman death of a seller after receiving a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Play in London for the West End production. He is represented by Paradigm Talent Agency and Essential Talent Management.
Patterson was recently a series regular on the Disney+ action comedy series Turner and Hooch and made a guest appearance in the drama series Kings’ Paramount+ maliciously She will next star as Coretta Scott King in the upcoming Higher Ground/Netflix film Rust, directed by George C. Wolfe, starring Colman Domingo, Chris Rock and Audra McDonald and in the current season of the Apple+ drama series Servant She is represented by Innovative Artists, Robyn Bluestone Management and Meyer & Downs.
Executive producers are Robert and Michelle King Elizabeth with Liz Glotzer for CBS Studios.
Source: Deadline
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