Laura Harris, Eyal Podell Join Defying Gravity

Laura Harris has been tapped as the female lead opposite Ron Livingston in the drama series Defying Gravity. Harris will play Chloe, a geologist assigned to the mission alongside former flame Maddux (Livingston). Also cast in the series is Israeli-born Eyal Podell, who will play Dr. Evram Mintz, a young medical specialist and war-tested surgeon with a degree in psychiatry and a penchant for alcohol. Defying Gravity is set in the near future and revolves around eight astronauts from five countries who take on a mysterious six-year mission through the solar system. Harris recently starred on ABC’s Women’s Murder Club. Podell will next be seen on 24 as a government operative.