Bruce Greenwood has joined the cast of “Midnight Mass” and “The Haunting of Hill House” creator Mike Flanagan’s limited series adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher” on Netflix.
Greenwood will take over the role of Roderick Usher from Frank Langella, who was let go after an investigation into alleged misconduct on set in which he allegedly made inappropriate remarks to a female member of the cast.
His dismissal came partway through production, and Greenwood will now reshoot scenes involving Roderick Usher. This marks a reunion of Greenwood and Flanagan who previously worked together on the Flanagan-directed film adaptations of Stephen King’s “Gerald’s Game” and “Doctor Sleep”.
In a statement on social media, Flanagan writes: “I’m elated to welcome my dear friend, the brilliant Bruce Greenwood to The Fall of the House of Usher as the iconic Roderick Usher. This will be our 4th collaboration (because yes, I absolutely count the background ghost cameo in Hill House).”
Greenwood joins a large cast that also features Mark Hamill, Carla Gugino, Mary McDonnell, Carl Lumbly, T’nia Miller, Rahul Kohli, Kate Siegel, Henry Thomas, Samantha Sloyan, Sauriyan Sapkota, Zach Gilford, Katie Parker, Michael Trucco, Malcolm Goodwin, Crystal Balint, Kyliegh Curran, Paola Núñez, Aya Furukawa, Matt Biedel, Daniel Jun, Ruth Codd, Robert Longstreet and Annabeth Gish.
Flanagan and Trevor Macy executive produce the eight-episode series with Emmy Grinwis and Michael Fimognari.
Source: THR
