In the last few days, a trio of casting announcements were made concerning three attractive actors. The best of the batch is stage/screen hottie Cheyenne Jackson joining 30 Rock, either as a regular or semi-regular cast member. The news was reported on E! Online but hasn't yet been confirmed by NBC. He would make a great addition to the series, and hopefully indicates a duet between him Jane Krakowski.Meanwhile, over on Showtime former Friends star Matt LeBlanc is set to play himself in a comedy series entitled Episodes. (story at Gold Derby) The show will be about "the misadventures of an English couple whose urbane Britcom is dumbed down for American audiences with the casting of LeBlanc." It's an interesting idea for a comedy, and LeBlanc can be a gifted comedic actor as evidenced by the latter seasons of Friends. His talents were definitly wasted on the Joey spin-off, as were Drea De Matteo's and Jennifer Coolidge's. With Episodes being on Showtime, let's hope there's some Matt LeBlanc nudity.
In the weirdest casting news, screen actor James Franco is set to appear on the daytime soap General Hospital, in a multiple episode storyline beginning in November. (Story at BuzzSugar) Umm? What? It's such a weird acting decision on Franco's part, particularly coming off the career highs he had last year with Milk and Pineapple Express. Apparently he came up with the idea himself and approached the producers of the show. Weird. That's all I can say.
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