The Gilded Age expands its cast list for season two adding 13 recurring characters
dailymail.co.ukThe Gilded Age just got a whole lot bigger.HBO announced the cast list for the hit show which will jump from 12 series regulars in its first year to 24 in its second, Deadline reported.Thirteen recurring cast members on the show will take the leap to series regular.
Getting large: HBO's show The Gilded Age will jump from 12 series regulars in its first season to 24 in its secondThey are: Kelli O'Hara, Donna Murphy, Debra Monk,Kristine Nielsen,Taylor Richardson,Ben Ahlers,Kelley Curran,Douglas Sills,Celia Keenan-Bolger, Michael Cerveris,Erin Wilhelmi,Patrick Page and Sullivan Jones.
While much of the show's main cast will return to the show, it will be without one of its major forces from last season.Thomas Cocquerel, whose character Tom Raikes was infatuated withLouisa Jacobson's Marian, won't return to the series.
Upgrade: Thirteen cast members for the show will go from recurring to series regulars including Ben Ahlers (far right) and Debra Monk (second from left) Losing a main member:Thomas Cocquerel, whose character Tom Raikes was infatuated with Louisa Jacobson's Marian, won't return to the series With the number of recurring characters bumped up to series regular status, there will be a more even distribution between the rich and the serving classes in the main cast.According to the outlet, just 2 of 11 of the series regulars from the first season were servants while 11 of the 24 will be servants in the second season.This falls more closely in line with the distribution between working class and elite shown in creatorJulian Fellowes' popular program Downton Abbey.The Gilded Age follows the Russell family, a new money family, in the late 19th century.They move in across the streets from thevan Rhijn-Brooks, an.
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