By Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TV EXCLUSIVE: Fox and Warner Bros. TV are recasting the lead of drama pilot The Cleaning Lady.
The decision was made after the project’s table read, I hear. Your Complete Guide to Pilots and Straight-to-Series orders Shannyn Sossamon, who had been originally cast in the title role, is leaving as the character is being tweaked.
Search is underway for a replacement The Cleaning Lady, based on the Argentinian series, is filming in New Mexico. Recastings are unfortunate but inevitable part of broadcast pilot season.
Because of the compressed time frame and stiff competition from streaming, a large portion of the more prominent roles are being cast via straight offers without testing, so the table reads
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