Melissa Barrera, Brian d’Arcy James Among 5 Cast in Simu Liu Espionage Thriller Series at Peacock
variety.comJoe Otterson TV Reporter Simu Liu‘s upcoming thriller series at Peacock is building out it cast. Variety has learned that Melissa Barrera (“In the Heights,” “Scream” V and VI), Sinclair Daniel (“The Other Black Girl,” “Insidious: The Red Door”), Brian d’Arcy James (“Spotlight,” “13 Reasons Why”), Mark O’Brien (“City on a Hill,” “Ready or Not”), and Kathleen Chalfant (“Wit,” “The Affair”) will all appear alongside Liu in the series.
They will play Michelle, Parker, John Moira, Cobb, and St. George respectively. The untitled series was picked up at Peacock in February.
The official logline states, “Five minutes in the future, a first-generation-American intelligence analyst Alexander Hale (Liu) realizes his brain has been hacked, giving the perpetrators access to everything he sees and hears.
Caught between his shadowy agency and the unknown hackers, he must maintain a performance 24/7 to flush out who’s responsible and prove where his allegiance lies.” Barrera is repped by Sugar 23, WME, imPRint, and Gang Tyre.
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