HBO's series adaptation of Stephen King's novel The Outsider has rounded out its cast, adding Tony and Grammy winner Cynthia Erivo and several other actors to the drama.
The crime drama/supernatural thriller from Media Rights Capital previously cast
Ben Mendelsohn in a lead role. The series, based on King's 2018 novel, follows a seemingly straightforward investigation into the murder of a young boy. As it progresses, a seasoned cop and unorthodox investigator come to question everything they believe is real when a supernatural force edges its way into the case.
Mendelsohn is playing Ralph Anderson, the detective investigating the case. Erivo will play investigator Holly Gibney, a character from King's Mr. Mercedesnovels (who, incidentally, is played by Justine Lupe in the DirecTV series of the same name) who joins Ralph on what seems like an open-and-shut case.
Also joining the cast as series regulars are Bill Camp (The NIght Of) as lawyer Howie Gold; Mare Winningham (The Affair) as Jeannie Anderson; Paddy Considine (Informer) as Claude Bolton, a witness in the case; Julianne Nicholson (I, Tonya) as Mercy Maitland, the wife of the accused; Yul Vazquez (Narcos: Mexico) as state police detective Yunis Sablo; Jeremy Bobb (Godless) as Alec Pelley; and Marc Menchaca (Ozark) as Jack Hoskins, a rival of Ralph's. Hettienne Park (Hannibal) and Michael Esper (Trust) will recur as, respectively, characters named Tomika Collins and Bill Samuels.
