Will Thorne Staff WriterRay Fisher has found his latest TV role.The “Justice League” and “True Detective” star has joined ABC’s “Women of the Movement” limited series, Variety has confirmed.The series will tell the story of key female figures in the Civil Rights Movement, with season 1 focusing on Mamie Till-Mobley, the mother of Emmett Till, played by Adrienne Warren.
Fisher will play the role of Gene Mobley, Mamie’s devoted partner. He would have been Emmett Till’s stepfather, if not for his murder.
Gene and Mamie later married.Fisher also joins previously announced cast members Cedric Joe (playing Emmett Till), Glynn Turman (playing Mose Wright, Emmett Till’s great uncle) and Niecy Nash (as Alma, Till’s grandmother).
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