‘The Boroughs’: Rafael Casal, Ed Begley Jr. & Jane Kaczmarek Among 6 Joining Duffer Brothers Series

Nellie Andreeva

21 November 2024 at 12:00 pm·2-min read

EXCLUSIVE: Rafael Casal (Loki), Dee Wallace (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial), Ed Begley Jr. (Young Sheldon), Jane Kaczmarek (Malcolm in the Middle), Eric Edelstein (Twin Peaks: The Return) and Mousa Hussein Kraish (American Gods) have joined The Boroughs, Netflix’s upcoming supernatural mystery series from the Duffer brothers, for what are believed to be recurring roles.

Created by Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews, who also serve as showrunners, The Boroughs is set in a seemingly picturesque retirement community where a group of unlikely heroes must band together to stop an otherworldly threat from stealing the one thing they don’t have… time.

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Casal plays Neil; Wallace is Grace; Begley Jr. portrays Edward; Kaczmarek plays Lilly; Edelstein is Hank and Kraish plays Dr. McGinnis.

They join previously announced cast Alfred Molina as Sam, Geena Davis as Renee, Alfre Woodard as Judy, Denis O’Hare as Wally, Clarke Peters as Art, and Bill Pullman as Jack, Jena Malone as Claire, Carlos Miranda as Paz, Seth Numrich as Blaine, and Alice Kremelberg as Anneliese.

In a statement given when the series received a formal greenlight last April, the Duffer Brothers teased, “While the heroes in The Boroughs have a few more years on them than the kids from Stranger Things, they are a similarly lovable bunch of misfits, and we can’t wait for you to join them on an adventure that is at turns scary, funny, and deeply touching.”

The Boroughs is executive produced by The Duffer Brothers and Hilary Leavitt on behalf of Upside Down Pictures under the company’s Netflix overall deal, Jeffrey Addiss, Will Matthews and Ben Taylor. Taylor directs multiple installments including the pilot.

Casal is repped by CAA, Brillstein Entertainment Partners and Jackoway.

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