Netflix Announces Casting for Wattpad Adaptation ‘My Life With the Walter Boys’ (TV News Roundup)
variety.comWilson Chapman editorNikki Rodriguez has been cast as the lead in the upcoming drama series “My Life With the Walter Boys,” Netflix has announced.Based on the popular Wattpad book by Ali Novak, “My Life With the Walter Boys,” the series stars Rodriguez as Jackie Howard, a 15-year old girl who loses her family in a tragic accident.
She moves to Colorado to live with her mother’s old friend, who has 10 children of her own. Sarah Rafferty and Marc Blucas will play Jackie’s new guardians, veterinarian Dr.
Katherine Walter and her husband rancher husband George. Noah LaLonde, Ashby Gentry, Connor Stanhope, Johnny Link and Corey Fogelmanis play Jackie’s new adoptive brothers.
Zoë Soul and Jaylan Evans round out the main cast of the series, while Dean Petriw, Lennix James, Alix West Lefler, Alisha Newton, Ashley Tavares, Moheb Jindran, Ellie O’Brien, Mya Lowe and Gabrielle Jacinto will play recurring roles. “My Life With the Walter Boys” is created and showrun by Melanie Halsall, who executive produces with Ed Glauser, who previously executive produced the successful film adaptations of “The Kissing Booth” trilogy.
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