Exclusive: Orange is the New Black alumna Dascha Polanco is set as a lead opposite Tate Donovan and Melissa Leo in the Fox pilot Blood Relative. Tracie Thoms (Truth Be Told) and Sarah Catherine Hook (Conjuring 3) also have been cast as series regulars in the forensic genealogy-themed crime drama from writer-producer Chris Levinson and producer Liza Chasin. The network recently committed to filming filming all six of its 2020 pilots, including Blood Relative, extending the casts’ options.
Known for her role as Dayanara Diaz on all seven seasons of Netflix’s Orange is the New Black and set to co-star in Lin Manuel-Miranda’s In the Heights and as the female lead alongside Sylvester Stallone in Samaritan, Polanco was high on Fox’s wish list of talent for pilots this season. Her deal for Blood Relative was in negotiations when pilot season ground to a halt in mid-March.
Blood Relative is...
Known for her role as Dayanara Diaz on all seven seasons of Netflix’s Orange is the New Black and set to co-star in Lin Manuel-Miranda’s In the Heights and as the female lead alongside Sylvester Stallone in Samaritan, Polanco was high on Fox’s wish list of talent for pilots this season. Her deal for Blood Relative was in negotiations when pilot season ground to a halt in mid-March.
Blood Relative is...
- 7/9/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva and Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
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