By Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TV “Hamilton” star Daveed Diggs booked the role of Andre Layton in the small-screen adaptation of “Snowpiercer” less than a year after taking his final Broadway bow in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical.
But it’s only now, exactly three years after his casting in the pilot was announced, that he’ll finally be seen in that role — a former homicide detective who now lives in the Tail of a 1,001 car train speeding around a frozen Earth.
After a near-complete pilot reshoot, showrunner swaps and multiple network moves, “Snowpiercer” will launch on TNT on May 17.
What I was excited about what exploring the world — it seemed like a very, very expansive world, and that’s the big difference between the TV
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