Kit Young (“Shadow and Bone”) is reportedly a late addition to the cast of Noah Hawley’s “Alien” prequel TV series at FX. He reportedly has a one-year deal for the show, which won’t impact his commitments to a third season of “Shadow and Bone” should it be green-lit.
According to Deadline, Young plays a character named Tootles and joins the roster after the bulk of the core cast was already set including Sydney Chandler, Alex Lawther, Samuel Blenkin, Essie Davis and Adarsh Gourav.
The series started filming in Thailand in mid-July, but without Chandler, who is a SAG-AFTRA member. As much of the main cast are members of the UK acting union Equity, they have been able to film scenes.
Production reworked its shooting schedule to delay the participation of Chandler and any other SAG-AFTRA member for as long as possible, but they now appear to have done all that they can without them.
As a result, the trade reports that filming was suspended, and the working cast was sent home on Friday as part of a planned break. Crew members and set construction will continue in readiness for when shooting resumes after the actor’s strike ends.
Hawley created the series set well before Sigourney Weaver’s Ellen Ripley. All the scripts for the episodes were completed before the writer’s strike was called in May. Ridley Scott executive produces the series, which has booked out most of the sound stages in Bangkok.
Source: Deadline
