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Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches: AMC Series Casts Jack Huston As Lasher

Published Fri, 06 May 2022 12:36:11 -0500

AMC's Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches has tapped Jack Huston (House of Gucci, Boardwalk Empire) to join the cast in a series regular role. Written and executive produced by Esta Spaulding (On Becoming a God in Central Florida) & Michelle Ashford (Masters of Sex), with Spaulding serving as showrunner, Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches focuses on an intuitive young neurosurgeon who discovers that she is the heir to a family of witches. As she grapples with her newfound powers, she must contend with a sinister presence that has haunted her family for generations. Huston is set for the role of Lasher, a powerful, shape-shifting entity who has been bound to the Mayfair witches for hundreds of years. The actor joins a cast that includes Alexandra Daddario (The White Lotus) aka Rowan, Harry Hamlin (Mad Men, L.A. Law) aka Cortland Mayfair, Annabeth Gish (The Fall of the House of Usher; Midnight Mass) aka Diedre, Tongayi Chirisa (Palm Springs, Antebellum) aka Citroen, Beth Grant (Rain Man, No Country for Old Men) aka Carlotta, Erica Gimpel (God Friended Me) aka Ellie, and Jen Richards (Her Story) aka Jojo.

"The world of witches has fascinated and terrified for centuries, and yet Anne Rice's particular lens on witches explored something new altogether — women who are powerful, and often brutal, and always committed to subverting our current power structures. We are so excited to join our partners AMC and Gran Via Productions in making this mysterious and provocative world come to life," Spalding and Ashford said in a joint statement when the projects were first announced. AMC's deal includes 18 titles across the "The Vampire Chronicles" and "The Lives of the Mayfair Witches" book series- including Interview With the Vampire, Queen of the Damned, The Vampire Lestat, and The Witching Hour. Mark Johnson (Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul) will lead AMC's efforts to develop the full Rice collection for television & streaming, as well as executive produce Interview With The Vampire.

"With the cornucopia of rich characters, worlds, and stories that Anne Rice has given millions upon millions of readers around the world, AMC now has the privilege of creating a multitude of fascinating, entertaining, and very distinct television series," Johnson added. "My good fortune as an executive producer of 'Anne Rice's Interview With the Vampire' has now been more than doubled with what Esta Spalding and Michelle Ashford are imagining with 'The Mayfair Witches.' While both shows couldn't be more different, they nevertheless find themselves bound under the same bewitching and engaging umbrella."

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