08-07-2025
Casting News: Brilliant Minds Adds 2, LEGO Masters Jr. Names Host and More
At least a couple of new faces will roam the halls of Bronx General this fall.
NBC's Zachary Quinto-led Brilliant Minds has added two series regulars for Season 2, which will once again air Monday nights at 10/9c.
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Brian Altemus (Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin) has been cast as Dr. Charlie Porter, a neurology resident who is hiding something, our sister site Deadline reports, while John Clarence Stewart (Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist) will play Dr. Anthony Thorne, a charmingly acerbic, mid-career ER doctor.
Based on the life of neurologist/author Oliver Sacks, Brilliant Minds stars Quinto as Oliver, a neurologist at Bronx General Hospital whose atypical approach to medicine irks his superiors but often garners surprising results. TVLine readers gave Season 1 an average grade of 'A.'
In other recent casting news:
* Kelly Osbourne has been tapped to host Fox's LEGO Masters Jr., alongside Brickmasters Amy Corbett and (Season 1 finalist) Boone Langston. The four-week LEGO Masters offshoot — in which LEGO enthusiasts, age 9-17, are paired with a celebrity partner (e.g. Ravi V. Patel, Andy Richter, Jordin Sparks, Alison Sweeney and Porsha Williams) — premieres Monday, Aug. 18 at 8/7c.
* Netflix's Vladimir — starring Rachel Weisz and Leo Woodall — has added John Slattery (Mad Men), Jessica Henwick (Silo) and Ellen Robertson as series regulars, while Kayli Carter, Miriam Silverman, Mallori Johnson, Matt Walsh, Tattiawna Jones and Louise Lambert will recur.
* Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Jon Favreau's animation/live-action hybrid series for Disney+, has added Amy Sedaris (Strangers With Candy) as the mom of Ryder Allen (The Penguin)'s character.
* Emmy winner Jackée Harry (227) will guest-star in Season 2 of Netflix's A Man on the Inside.
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