DESCRIPTION: (from Starz's press release, July 2024) STARZ has announced casting for its epic new series "Spartacus: House of Ashur." "Outlander's" Graham McTavish ("The Witcher," "House of the Dragon") joins the cast as Ashur's Doctore, who trains the gladiators. Tenika Davis ("Jupiter's Legacy," Cabinet of Curiosities) also joins the cast as the first female gladiator in the "Spartacus" universe, a fierce warrior driven to surpass her male counterparts and earn her freedom. Jamaica Vaughan ("Home and Away," "800 Words"), Ivana Baquero (Pan's Labyrinth, "The Shannara Chronicles"), Jordi Webber (Choose Love, Prosper), Claudia Black ("The Nevers," "Ahsoka"), India Shaw-Smith (The Pines Still Whisper, "Supernatural") and Leigh Gill (Joker, "Game of Thrones") will also join Nick Tarabay ("Spartacus," "The Expanse") in the epic new saga as series regulars. Production has begun in New Zealand. |