'Agent Carter' Season 2 Casting News: Ken Marino Joins as Mob Leader
Season 2 of the ABC series "Agent Carter" has added another name to its growing list of cast members with Ken Marino.
According to Variety, the actor, who appeared in "Wet Hot American Summer," will be playing a mob boss named Joseph Manfredi.
Manfredi will play a crucial role in helping the season's villains get the upperhand on Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell) and make things far more complicated for the SSR.
His role in "Agent Carter" will reunite him with Tara Butters and Michele Fazekas, who created the CW series "Reaper," where Marino played the role of Tony.
"We've loved working with Ken ever since he played a gay ex-demon for us on 'Reaper,' and we were so happy he was available for this role," said Butters, Fazekas and Chris Dingess.
"His range is incredible -- he can go from comedy to romance to drama with ease. Writing for him is easy, because he can do pretty much anything. And he used to have a karaoke room in his house, which makes him even more awesome."
Marino is the second casting announcement in the last two weeks. Recently, it was revealed that Kurtwood Smith would be joining the series.
Smith has been cast in the series as Vernon Masters, a veteran of the War Department with in-depth knowledge of how that government system works.
In an interview, the executive producers discussed the latest addition to the Season 2 cast. The trio revealed they had Smith in mind to play the role from the beginning but believed he wouldn't accept, according to Realty Today.
Along with Marino and Smith's new roles, Season 2 will bring on a few other new characters, including Calvin Chadwick (Currie Graham), Madame Masque (Wynn Everett) and Jarvis' wife, Ana (Lotte Verbeek).
Season 2 of "Agent Carter" will premiere early 2016.
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