With Fox’s Prodigal Son returning with its Season 2 premiere on January 12, the show will be getting a new addition to the cast later this season.
Catherine Zeta-Jones has signed on for the series regular role of Dr. Vivian Capshaw, according to a Fox press release.
The 51-year-old actress will be working alongside Michael Sheen, who also hales from her homeland Wales, debuting in the ‘latter half of the season.’
New role: With Fox’s Prodigal Son returning with its Season 2 premiere on January 12, the show will be getting a new addition to the cast later this season
Co-stars: The 51-year-old actress will be working alongside Michael Sheen, who also hales from her homeland Wales, debuting in the ‘latter half of the season’
The second season will find Sheen’s Dr. Martin Whitly assigned to infirmary duty, where he meets Capshaw.
Capshaw, ‘revels in tasking ‘The Surgeon’ to clean bedpans and mop the floor,’ according to the official description.
Surprisingly, Capshaw sees that Whitley becomes, ‘valuable in treating patients,’ as she starts to, ‘see him in a new light… which is not a good thing.’
Infirmary: The second season will find Sheen’s Dr. Martin Whitly assigned to infirmary duty, where he meets Capshaw
Valuable: Surprisingly, Capshaw sees that Whitley becomes, ‘valuable in treating patients,’ as she starts to, ‘see him in a new light… which is not a good thing’
“An extraordinary talent, Catherine Zeta-Jones is the perfect foil for the brilliant Michael Sheen,” said Michael Thorn, President, Entertainment, FOX Entertainment.
‘I can’t wait to see these two greats go head-to-head in a season that is bound to raise the bar set by an outstanding Season One,’ he added.
Prodigal Son will return for its second season in a new night on Tuesday, January 12 at 9 PM ET on Fox.
Talent: “An extraordinary talent, Catherine Zeta-Jones is the perfect foil for the brilliant Michael Sheen,” said Michael Thorn, President, Entertainment, FOX Entertainment
The show was the No. 1 new series to debut last fall, averaging 9.3 million multi-platform viewers.
The show follows Malcolm Bright (Tom Payne), a criminal profiler with a rare talent for getting inside the minds of killers.
He learned how they think because his father, Martin Whitly, was a notorious serial killer known as ‘The Surgeon.’
Father and son: The show follows Malcolm Bright (Tom Payne), a criminal profiler with a rare talent for getting inside the minds of killers
Now he’s using his twisted genius to help the NYPD solve their most puzzling murders.
The show also stars Aurora Perrineau as Detective Dani Powell, JT Tarmel as Detective Frank Harts and Keiko Agena as medical examiner Dr. Edrisa Tanaka.
The second season picks up with Malcolm trying to take care of his sister Ainsley (Halston Sage) while protecting his mother Jessica (Bellamy Young) from a secret that could tear the family apart.
The season also follows Martin as he, ‘seeks to deepen his relationship with Bright, his prodigal son, but forging this bond leads to shocking twists and revelations.’
Cast: The show also stars Aurora Perrineau as Detective Dani Powell, JT Tarmel as Detective Frank Harts and Keiko Agena (above) as medical examiner Dr. Edrisa Tanaka
Father and son: The season also follows Martin as he, ‘seeks to deepen his relationship with Bright, his prodigal son, but forging this bond leads to shocking twists and revelations’