Jack Huston Joins Anne Rice's MAYFAIR WITCHES Series at AMC
Jack Huston (House of Gucci, Boardwalk Empire) is set to take on the role of Lasher in AMC’s series adaptation of Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches.
Lasher is described as being one of Rice’s “most mysterious and sensual characters — a powerful, shape-shifting entity who has been bound to the Mayfair witches for hundreds of years.”
Huston joins the previously announced cast including Alexandra Daddario as Dr. Rowan Fielding, Harry Hamlin as Cortland Mayfair, and Tongayi Chirisa as Ciprien.
The story for the series focuses on an “intuitive young neurosurgeon (Daddario) who discovers that she is the unlikely 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.”
The series is being developed by Esta Spalding (Masters of Sex, On Becoming a God in Central Florida), who serves as writer, executive producer, and showrunner along with Michelle Ashford (Masters of Sex, The Pacific).
The eight-episode series is currently in production in New Orleans and debuts on AMC+ later this year.
Source: Deadline