Casting rumors continue to swirl around Showtime‘s revival of David Lynch’s cult classic TV series, Twin Peaks, which originally ran for two seasons, before being cancelled by ABC. Deadline‘s Nellie Andreeva reports that Miguel Ferrer is reprising his role as FBI Agent, Albert Rosenfield. Also, per Deadline, David Patrick Kelly and Richard Beymer may well return.
Kyle McLachlan remains the only original cast member confirmed to appear in Showtime’s Twin Peaks sequel. For now, we’ll add Ferrer, Kelly, and Beymer to the cast rumored to include Sheryl Lee, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Robert Knepper, Balthazar Getty, and Amanda Seyfried. Continue on for details.
From Deadline:
Miguel Ferrer is set to reprise his role as FBI Agent Albert Rosenfield from the original series in the new season, set to debut in 2017. In eight episodes of the 1990 series, Ferrer played Rosenfield, a cynical city slicker FBI forensics specialist who butted heads with Twin Peaks Sheriff Harry S. Truman. […]
Sheryl Lee, who played victim Laura Palmer in the original, also is back — she has been snapped by paparazzi filming scenes with MacLachlan. Additionally, David Patrick Kelly is said to be reprising his role as Jerry Horne, with Richard Beymer rumored to be resurrecting his character of Jerry’s brother Benjamin. New cast additions include Jennifer Jason Leigh, Robert Knepper, Balthazar Getty and Amanda Seyfried.
What do you think? Does it annoy you that Showtime hasn’t confirmed the cast beyond McLachlan, or does it add to the Twin Peaks revival’s intrigue? Do you plan to check it out?