Casting News: Bergeron Is Dancing Again, Minnie Driver Visits Emily in Paris and More
Tom Bergeron will emcee a very different kind of dance floor for Discovery‘s Dancing With Sharks (working title).
The Dancing With the Stars vet is set to host the aforementioned Shark Week 2025 special, in which expert divers and their shark partners compete in underwater dances.
“Blending skill, grace and the daring pursuit of the ultimate underwater thrill, five divers — all trained by a world-class underwater choreographer — will compete to show off their skills during epic underwater dances,” reads the official description. “Each diver will attempt to outperform their competitors, with moves including the Hammerhead Hoedown and Tiger Trot, and redefine dancing with danger. They will have one shot to wow the judges and be crowned the first-ever champion of Dancing With Sharks.”
In other recent casting news…
* Emily in Paris has tapped Minnie Driver (The Serpent Queen, Speechless) to play Princess Jane, “a friend of Sylvie’s who married into a royal family,” in Season 5, our sister site Variety reports.
* CBS’ Fire Country spinoff Sheriff Country has cast Amanda Arcuri (Degrassi: The Next Generation) and Caroline Rhea (Sabrina the Teenage Witch) in recurring roles, our sister site Deadline reports. Arcuri will play Skye, the troubled daughter of Sheriff Mickey Fox (Morena Baccarin) and her ex-husband Travis (Christopher Gorham), while Rhea will portray Mickey’s assistant, Gina.
* Naomi Watts (Feud) will play Jackie Kennedy and newcomer Paul Kelly will play John F. Kennedy Jr. in FX’s upcoming American Love Story, which chronicles the romance of JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette. They join Sara Pidgeon (The Wilds), who was previously cast as Carolyn. FX and 20th Television had no comment on the casting.
* I Know What You Did Last Summer survivor Jennifer Love Hewitt will narrate They Know What They Did, a new docuseries that explores a group of interconnected individuals haunted by a murder from their past. The series will premiere this summer on Investigation Discovery and HBO Max.
Hit the comments with your thoughts on the above castings!
Dancing with sharks? Is it April Fools day?
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