'The Gilded Age' Expands Its Cast for Season 2
If you thought the first season of HBO period drama The Gilded Age had a lot going on in its first season, well, just get ready for Season 2. Ahead of the start of production on the drama's sophomore outing the cable network has decided to expand its cast in a big, big way, promoting over a dozen formerly recurring actors to series regular status, hitting that the drama will not only continue to depict the status competition between Manhattan's moneyed elite but dig even further into the lives of its downstairs characters.
(Your mileage may vary on whether you think that's a good idea or not.)
Thirteen recurring cast members will now be regulars, including Kelli O'Hara as Aurora Fane, Donna Murphy as Mrs. Astor, Debra Monk as Armstrong, Kristine Nielsen as Mrs. Bauer, Taylor Richardson as Bridget, Ben Ahlers as Jack Trotter, Kelley Curran as Turner, Douglas Sills as Baudin a.k.a. Borden, Celia Keenan-Bolger as Mrs. Bruce, Michael Cerveris as Watson, Erin Wilhelmi as Adelheid Weber, Patrick Page as Richard Clay and Sullivan Jones as T. Thomas Fortune.
