Variety reported that five new cast members have been added to Netflix’s new drama “The Roman.”
Vincent D’Onofrio (Daredevil: Born Again, The Beauty) and Kate Mara (A Teacher, Imperfect Women) have been cast as series regulars on the show, which is set in the world of Las Vegas casinos. Clancy Brown (I Will Find You, The Penguins) and Thomas Sadosky (The Newsroom, Wild) will return, with Jascon Schwartzman (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds, Asteroid City) guest starring.
Full character descriptions can be found below.
In addition to series star Oscar Isaac, the cast also includes Betty Gilpin, Alec Baldwin, David Costabile, Shalom Brune-Franklin, and Jimmy O. Yang.
The logline for the eight-episode series reads:
“The high-stakes drama is set in the high-stakes, present-day casino business of Las Vegas, a modernized but still dangerous version of the legendary city. At its center stands Robert “Bobby Red” Redman (Isaac), the president of the most popular hotel-casino in town, and he must make several long-odds moves to secure his position and gain more.”
Brian Koppelman and David Levine are the writers, executive producers and showrunners. In addition to starring in Mad Gene, Isaac will also serve as an executive producer. Martin Scorsese and Sikelia Productions also executive produce with Expanded Media’s Julie Yorn and Rick Yorn, Paul Schiff and Beth Schachter. Kelly Orent will serve as co-executive producer. JC Chander will direct the first two episodes and serve as executive producer.
Character description:
D’Onofrio plays Dominic Ward. A powerful MMA mogul, Ward uses his “knockout power” to manipulate casino bosses competing in large-scale live events.
Mara plays Holly Reeve. Holly is a sexy, well-educated entrepreneur who runs the city’s most exclusive and modest empire, and shares a deep and complicated history with Bobby.
Brown plays Elwood. A weathered, imposing figure deeply connected to the desert landscape, Elwood is a man of few words and significant deeds who knows exactly where the city’s literal and figurative bodies are buried.
Sadoski will play Chef Luca. A talented but self-destructive superstar chef. Personal entanglements and rock star antics threaten to derail a high-end restaurant residency at The Roman.
Schwartzman will play David Krupp. A clean-cut heir and “freshwater fish,” his mounting casino debts put him in the high-handed crosshairs of Las Vegas’s elite.
