Netflix’s THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY Adds Five New Cast Members

The Netflix original series The Umbrella Academy, based on the popular series of comics and graphic novels is adding more cast members. The Eisner award-winning books are created and written by Gerard Way (My Chemical Romance), they are illustrated by Gabriel Bá, and published by Dark Horse Comics. The series is adding Tom Hopper, Emmy Raver-Lampman, David Castañeda, Robert Sheehan, and Aidan Gallagher. They join a cast that already includes Ellen Page as Vanya, the family oddball that has no super powers. 

Here a list that was released that offers us a description for each of the five characters that the actors will be playing:

• Tom Hopper (Luther) – “Luther” was groomed by his father from an early age to be the leader of The Umbrella Academy – a responsibility that has always weighed heavily on him. He is resilient, a workaholic, and possesses the ability of heightened physical strength. Upstanding to a fault, Luther always tries to do the right thing, even if that means putting others before himself.
• Emmy Raver-Lampman (Allison) – “Allison” is beautiful, elegant, and a formerly world-famous movie star who possesses the power of suggestion – anything she says aloud comes to pass. Her life seems perfect from the outside, but her ability has undermined every relationship she’s ever had. With her career on the decline and her marriage in shambles, she refuses to use her power as she seeks a more authentic life.
• David Castañeda (Diego) – “Diego” is a skilled, intense vigilante who has a real problem with authority. He isn’t as naturally strong or smart as his siblings, so he’s worked three times as hard for everything. Believing he should have been the leader of his family instead of his brother, he carries a massive chip on his shoulder that makes him hostile to just about everyone.
• Aidan Gallagher (Number Five) – “Number Five” appears to be a thirteen year old boy, but in actuality he is a fifty-eight-year-old man trapped in the body of a child. He doesn’t suffer fools and is the smartest person in the room. He’s haunted by the things he’s seen and done, and is on the verge of losing his grip on reality.
• Robert Sheehan (Klaus) – “Klaus” is a drug addict and lovable mess of a human being and yet, if you ask him, any day now his life is going to turn around. He’s a classic “middle child” – a disarming pleaser who is seemingly everyone’s friend, but will rob you blind without thinking twice.

The series follows members of a dysfunctional family of superheroes (The Umbrella Academy) as they work to try and solve their father’s mysterious death.

The pilot script was adapted from the comic book series by Jeremy Slater (The Exorcist). The first season will be made up of 10 episodes and is set to premiere in 2018.