EXCLUSIVE: Toni Collette is set as a series regular in the upcoming Netflix Canada limited series Wayward (fka Tall Pines).
She is joining a cast led by Mae Martin, the series’ creator, executive producer and co-showrunner, which also includes fellow series regulars Sarah Gadon, Brandon Jay McLaren, Sydney Topliffe and Alyvia Alyn Lind as well as recurring guest stars Patrick J.
Adams, Patrick Gallagher and Josh Close. The eight-episode Wayward is a thriller set in a bucolic but sinister town that explores the insidious underbelly of the “troubled teen industry” and the eternal struggle between one generation and the next.
Collette will play Leanne, the headmistress at Tall Pines. Martin serves as co-showrunner with Ryan Scott, who also is an executive producer.
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