The Casting Call 09.14.09

The Casting Call brings together the latest casting news to keep you informed on who is showing up on which show. Find out who is joining your favorite show as a series regular, a recurring character, a guest star or special cameo. The Casting Call could reveal upcoming story-lines, so be aware, there may be spoilers ahead.

True Blood (HBO)
Denis O’Hare has joined the cast for the upcoming third season. He will play Russell Edgington, the vampire King of Mississippi. In the third Sookie Stackhouse book, Club Dead, Sookie meets the King while on a mission to Jackson, Mississippi. He will debut early into the show’s third season, slated to air next summer.

Big Love (HBO)
Bella Thorne will play not the niece of Barb and daughter of Cindy, but will instead take the role of Barb’s daughter Tancy, to replace Jolean Wejbe, who played the role during the show’s first three seasons.

Gossip Girl (The CW)
Joanna Garcia joining the series in its season 3 premiere, playing a Southern socialite who’s dating Nate (Chace Crawford) . . . something their families may not be so thrilled about though.

Smallville (The CW)
Producers have cast Julian Sands to play a young Jor-El. He will debut in the November episode Kandor when it’s revealed that he arrived with Zod and the other Kandorians. Except for a brief appearance as a vision in season 3, Jor-El has been heard but never seen (Terrence Stamp does the voiceover). Sands is signed for one episode.