JamesG
10-16-2016, 07:01 PM
"The Good Wife" Spinoff Adds Delroy Lindo as Series Regular
10/14/16
by Kate Stanhope
The cast of CBS All Access' forthcoming "Good Wife" spinoff continues to expand. Delroy Lindo has signed on as a series regular, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
Lindo will play Robert Boseman, an attorney who starts poaching Diane Lockhart’s (Christine Baranski) associates and clients when she gets into financial trouble and threatens her ability to stay in business.
"Boseman is a character who dominates every scene, intimidates every lawyer, and is beloved by every client. He needs to look like a Chicago lawyer, but have a Shakespearean facility with language, and Delroy Lindo was really the only actor who came to mind,” showrunners Robert and Michelle King said Thursday in a statement.
“Obviously, we always loved his work in Get Shorty and Clockers, but it really was his work in Heist that jumps off the screen. It's an incredible character he created and we are thrilled that Delroy agreed to come on board. Just thinking of his scenes with Christine Baranski and Cush Jumbo makes us smile."
Originally set to launch sometime next spring, the 10-episode first season will now kick off in February as CBS All Access' first original scripted series. The first episode of the spinoff will premiere first on CBS.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/good-wife-spinoff-delroy-lindo-938240
10/14/16
by Kate Stanhope
The cast of CBS All Access' forthcoming "Good Wife" spinoff continues to expand. Delroy Lindo has signed on as a series regular, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
Lindo will play Robert Boseman, an attorney who starts poaching Diane Lockhart’s (Christine Baranski) associates and clients when she gets into financial trouble and threatens her ability to stay in business.
"Boseman is a character who dominates every scene, intimidates every lawyer, and is beloved by every client. He needs to look like a Chicago lawyer, but have a Shakespearean facility with language, and Delroy Lindo was really the only actor who came to mind,” showrunners Robert and Michelle King said Thursday in a statement.
“Obviously, we always loved his work in Get Shorty and Clockers, but it really was his work in Heist that jumps off the screen. It's an incredible character he created and we are thrilled that Delroy agreed to come on board. Just thinking of his scenes with Christine Baranski and Cush Jumbo makes us smile."
Originally set to launch sometime next spring, the 10-episode first season will now kick off in February as CBS All Access' first original scripted series. The first episode of the spinoff will premiere first on CBS.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/good-wife-spinoff-delroy-lindo-938240