Netflix today announcecd additional cast joining the series adaptation of The God of the Woods. It was previously announced that the series stars Kerry Condon (Train Dreams, The Banshees of Inisherin), Maya Hawke (Stranger Things, Inside Out 2), Ella Rubin (Until Dawn, Fear Street: Prom Queen), Nell Fisher (Stranger Things, Evil Dead Rise), Damon Gupton (The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, Black Lightning), Susannah Perkins (Lapsis, Snakeeater), Benjamin Walker (The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter), and Autumn Molina (The Lost Bus, In Plain Sight).
The series is now in production in New York in both the Hudson River Valley and the Adirondacks. The God of the Woods is based on Liz Moore’s New York Times‘ bestselling novel.
Newly announced cast are:
Tracy Letts (A House of Dynamite, Lady Bird)
John Gallagher Jr. (10 Cloverfield Lane, Hush)
Lola Kirke (Sinners, Mozart in the Jungle)
Colton Ryan (The Girl From Plainville, Chad Powers)
Camila Canó-Flaviá (Disclosure Day, Three Women)
Tristan Leander Green (The Bard, Julie)
Cliff Chamberlain (Homeland, The Rip)
Lynden Miles Ley (Birth/Rebirth. Disinherited)
Dannie McCallum (Echo, Here)
Andrew Polk (Daredevil, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel)
Chris Henry Coffey (The Madness)
David Furr (The Gilded Age, The Long Winter)
Joseph Adams (The Wretched Devours, Zero Day)
Brooklyn Shuck (Evil, Chicago Med)
The synopsis reads, “From executive producers and co-showrunners Liz Hannah (The Girl from Plainville, Mindhunter, The Post) and Liz Moore (Long Bright River), The God of the Woods ia multi-generational drama series set in the Adirondacks, exploring the Van Laar family’s dark secrets, class tensions, and the mysteries surrounding the disappearance of 13 year old Barbara Van Laar from her family’s summer camp—in the wake of an earlier family tragedy that may be related. As the past and present collide, the Van Laars’ wealth and influence unravel, revealing the damaging consequences of privilege and the abuse of power”
New recurring character descriptions:
Colton Ryan plays “John Paul McClellan Jr.” – Entitled and emotionally repressed, John Paul McLellan Jr. is the son of a wealthy family with deep, potentially dangerous ties to Camp Emerson
Tracy Letts plays “Peter Van Laar II” – Peter II is an older, wealthier, seemingly kinder version of his son (Benjamin Walker) but something potentially disturbing lurks beneath his façade.
John Gallagher Jr. plays “Jacob Sluiter” – A convicted murderer and recent prison escapee, Jacob “Slitter” Sluiter resurfaces near his old hunting grounds around the same time a 13-year-old goes missing.
Lola Kirke plays “Delphine Barlow” – Delphine is Alice’s (Kerry Condon) recently widowed older sister, a confident, boisterous presence with the ability to make every conversation about herself.
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