EXCLUSIVE: How’s this for a strong lineage — Matt Barr, who played 2020s Hoyt Rawlins on the CW’s Walker, will also play 1800s Hoyt Rawlins in the network’s pilot Walker: Independence.
Barr has been been tapped as the male lead in the project, executive produced by Walker‘s Jared Padalecki.Walker: Independence, a Walker origin story, is set in the late 1800s and follows Abby Walker, an affluent Bostonian whose husband is murdered before her eyes while on their journey out West.
On her quest for revenge, Abby crosses paths with Hoyt Rawlins (Barr), a lovable rogue in search of purpose. Abby and Hoyt’s journey takes them to Independence, Texas, where they encounter diverse, eclectic residents running from their own troubled pasts and chasing their dreams.
Our newfound family will struggle with the changing world around them, while becoming agents of change themselves in a town where nothing is what it seems.Barr’s Rawlins, a gambler and an outlaw who lays low in the town of Independence.
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