Daniel Radcliffe Has Joined the Cast of Tracy Morgan's Comedy Pilot at NBC From Tina Fey, Robert Carlock & Sam Means
Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe has signed on to join the cast of a new pilot at NBC, which is set to star Tracy Morgan, who is reuniting with 30 Rock and SNL alums Tina Fey, Robert Carlock & Sam Means. Written by Carlock and Means, the new comedy stars Morgan as a disgraced former football player on a mission to rehabilitate his image.
Radcliffe will play Arthur Tobin, an award-winning filmmaker who moves into Reggie’s (Morgan) mansion to film an immersive documentary about the former star running back.
Carlock, Means and Morgan executive produce with Fey, Eric Gurian and David Miner. Rhys Thomas is the director and executive producer of the pilot.
Radcliffe recently completed a sold-out and record-breaking run of Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along, a role for which he received a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical as well as a Grammy Award nomination for Best Musical Theatre Album.
Additionally, he exec produced the Emmy and BAFTA Award-nominated HBO feature documentary David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived, the true story of his close friend and former stunt double who was tragically injured on the set of Harry Potter and the Deadly Hallows: Part 1.
via: Deadline