Hugh Dancy has been tapped as a lead in NBC’s upcoming Law & Order revival. Meanwhile, Anthony Anderson has become the first alumnus of Dick Wolf’s venerable crime drama so sign on for the upcoming Season 21.Dancy will play a new character, an Assistant District Attorney.
He joins fellow new cast addition to the franchise, Jeffrey Donovan, who also is set as a lead, playing an NYPD detective.Anderson, who I hear has signed a one-year deal, will reprise his role as Detective Kevin Bernard, which he played on Seasons 18-20.
He is one of two original cast members, alongside Sam Waterston, who were approached early on about returning in a major way.
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