The Casting Call 09.18.09

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.

Chuck (NBC)
Vinnie Jones has signed on guest star on NBC’s Chuck when it returns for a third season. Jones will play Karl Stromberg, an expert hit man with a soft side. Jones is expected for just one episode.

100 Questions (NBC)
Collette Wolfe and Smith Cho have joined NBC’s midseason comedy 100 Questions as regulars. The show is about a young woman (Sophie Winkleman) looking for love who joins a popular online dating site. Cho will play her business partner and best friend. Wolfe will play another friend, a sweet kindergarten teacher by day and party girl by night. Both roles were recast after being played in the pilot by Elizabeth Ho and Joy Suprano, respectively.

Big Love (HBO)
Sissy Spacek has signed on to join the show in the third season. Spacek will play a powerful Washington D.C. lobbyist in a multi-episode arc starting in the third episode of next season.

Bored To Death (HBO)
Jenny Slate, appears in two episodes as a love interest to Jason Schwartzman amateur private eye. “I play Stella and I’m a major pothead, an Oberlin grad, and a very free spirit,” she says. “I decided she should be very young and sweet and sincere. They have a little romance in episodes 7 and 8 and there’s a little cliffhanger.”