This is some divine casting scoop: CBS’ “Cupertino” is about to reunite a few the Vatican’s most interesting.
Aasif Mandvi, who performed Ben Shakir within the supernatural drama “Evil,” will guest-star on the primary season of “Cupertino,” TVLine has discovered completely.
Mandvi will play Choose Walker Doughty, who’s described as “a wise, no-nonsense jurist keen to bend the foundations in courtroom to maintain the case transferring.” The looks will carry him again on display along with his “Evil” co-star, Mike Colter, who performs lawyer Michael Value in “Cupertino.”
The brand new sequence, which premiered Thursday, follows Michael and his colleague, Olivia Siffre (performed by Rachel Keller), as they type a regulation agency to signify underdogs of their lawsuits in opposition to big tech corporations. Robert and Michelle King, who created and executive-produced “Evil,” additionally created and executive-produce “Cupertino.”
In “Evil,” Colter performed Father David Acosta, a Catholic priest who labored with Mandvi’s tech-whiz Ben to discern whether or not purported demonic possessions had been actual or not. Katja Herbers portrayed the third member of their Vatican-directed workforce, forensic psychologic Kristen Bouchard. The sequence debuted on CBS in 2019, then moved to Paramount+ for its final three seasons. The sequence finale started streaming in August 2024.
One other acquainted face coming to Silicon Valley
Jenn Lyon (“Claws”) additionally will guest-star within the authorized drama’s first season, TVLine has discovered completely. She’ll play Faye Jacks, “a brash Kentucky lawyer who makes use of folks’s underestimation of her as a weapon,” per the official character description.
Along with portraying manicurist Jennifer for 4 seasons of TNT’s “Claws,” Lyon’s TV credit embrace “Stumble,” “English Instructor,” “Sirens,” “Justified,” and “Lifeless Boy Detectives.” She additionally has labored on different sequence produced by Robert and Michelle King, together with “Completely satisfied Face” and “Elsbeth.”
Just lately, Aasif Mandvi has had roles in “The Terror” and “The Miniature Spouse.” His pre-“Evil” TV work consists of “Blue Bloods,” “A Collection of Unlucky Occasions,” “Youthful,” “The Brink,” and “The Every day Present.”
“Cupertino” airs Thursdays at 10/9 on CBS. Are you wanting ahead to seeing Mandvi and Lyon on “Cupertino”? Tell us within the feedback!
