'Quantico' season 2 cast news, updates: New cast members to join Priyanka Chopra
"Quantico" star Priyanka Chopra has a lot of new cast members joining her in the second season. Alex Parrish's (Chopra) graduation from the FBI only means that she'll be meeting a whole bunch of new characters who will work with her in the CIA.
International Business Times has come up with a list of new cast members joining Chopra, and some fans of ABC may recognize a particular familiar face. Blair Underwood, who played the Inhuman Thrash in Marvel's "Agents of SHIELD," has been cast as Owen Hall, a charming CIA officer who the newbies all look up to. Pearl Thusi will play Dayana Mampasi, a Harvard-grad lawyer who has trouble fitting in with the CIA.
Russell Tovey has also been cast in the mysterious role of Harry Doyle. The Hollywood Reporter describes Harry as sort of a mischievous pleasure-seeker who can fill up any role that he wants to be. He's described to be part Thomas Crown and part grown-up Artful Dodger. If he's going to be of any help to Alex, it would probably be for his own selfish interest.
Another character named Lydia is yet to be cast, and the production is looking for an African-American actress to play her. As TV Line noted, the producers describe the character as "Jessica Jones by night, Jessica Chastain in Zero Dark Thirty by day." The name "Lydia" is tentative, but the character is described to be a smart, sexy officer who is willing to do whatever it takes to get her job done; she's also multi-lingual.
The series' executive producer, Josh Safran, also teased fans about the "event" that's happening in season 2.
"The event in season 2 is probably even bigger than season 1 on some level," he said. He also shared that while the event is bigger, it will also be more contained. "If season 1 was sort of 'The Fugitive,' season 2 has another blockbuster in mind."
"Quantico" season 2 premieres Sept. 25, 10 p.m. EDT on ABC.
