Exclusive: Gabrielle Union joins Minka Kelly & Jason Dohring in Washington
The cast of The CW's drama pilot "The Body Politic" starring "Friday Night Lights"' Minka Kelly, "Veronica Mars"' Jason Dohring and Tim Matheson continues to fill out.
The network confirms that Gabrielle Union, whom we last saw on TV in "Ugly Betty" (remember, as Wilhelmina's loony little sister) and who just began a multi-episode run on "Life," has been cast in "Politic" as a legislative aide to a congressman.
Her character will no doubt cross paths with Minka Kelly's Hope, the show's lead, who moves from Michigan to Washington where her estranged father (Matheson) is a U.S. senator who's just been tapped as Attorney General. Hope will take a position working under him.
Dohring will play a reporter for The Washington Post.
Jay Hernandez ("Six Degrees"), The CW verifies, will be on the series as well.
Sounds good (and this is the first that I am hearing about this show) but I wonder if it will get a Canadian pick-up?
Wasn't Jason Dohring doing some show for HBO that was also set in Washington?
I will watch anything that Jason Dohring is in.
Not a fan of the CW but I will check it out for Jason Dohring!
Does this mean that Minka Kelly is leaving FNL?
Korbi is this the same show as the Washintoniene on HBO? I guess I didn't know it was going to be airing on CW? Or did it completely change title and get sold?
This is the exact same role she played on The West Wing a few years back. in an episide called the benign prerogative.
Where she was the love intrest of Charlie Young(Dulé Hill)and an intern reporter at the washington post.