The Rookie spinoff pilot The Rookie: North has just added several familiar faces to its cast!
Froy Gutierrez, Janet Montgomery, Karen Fukuhara, Mya Lowe, and newcomer Malik Watson have joined alongside previously announced stars Jay Ellis and Chris Sullivan, reports Deadline.
Froy is known for his roles in Teen Wolf, The Strangers: Chapter 1, and Cruel Summer. He was also recently in the first season of I Love LA. He will play Odell Chance, a confident an athletic new rookie.
Salem and New Amsterdam fans will recognize Janet. She’s playing Charlotte Dru, Alex Holland’s (Jay Ellis) training officer. Karen stars in The Boys and Suicide Squad and is playing Odell’s training officer.
Maya is best known for My Life with the Walter Boys, Yellowjackets, and Murder in a Small Town. She has been cast as another new rookie named Elora Howe. Malik is her training officer, Mark Lewis.
The Rookie: North centers on Alex, “who believed his midlife wasn’t worthy of a crisis. But after a violent home invasion ignites a dormant purpose, Alex battles a lifetime of failed commitments in Los Angeles by joining the Pierce County Police Department in Washington as its oldest rookie.”
“Policing from the urban coast to the rural forest, where backup isn’t just five minutes away, Alex must prove to his skeptical training officer, his fellow rookies and himself that he’s finally found something worthy of the fight.”
The Rookie creator Alexi Hawley wrote the pilot episode and will direct. It is set to begin production this month in Vancouver.
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