Kathryn Morris UK

To misquote someone: “It’s quiet in here, it must be Summer.”

All the major US TV show have started production on their autumn/fall seasons so news on castings is thin on the ground.   However, I’m sure we can collect together a few tasty morsels from the month of July (is it July already!) for our regular round-up about Cold Case cast members that aren’t Kathryn, aka the KM UK CCCC-up.

Let’s start with the gentleman pictured above: Danny Pino (Scotty Valens in CC).  The Imagen Foundation works to further the interests of the Latino community in the media.  Each year they hold an event to honour those that have embodied that goal in the previous year.  Not surprisingly they call it the Annual Imagen Awards.  This year marks the 30th running of the ceremony.  Danny is nominated in the Best Supporting Actor – Television category for his role as Detective Nick Amaro in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.  He’s sharing the ballot with six other actors Justin Baldoni and Jaime Camil from Jane The Virgin, Raul Castillo (Looking), Joe Minoso (Chicago Fire), Carlos Ponce (Cristela), and Mel Rodriguez (Getting On).  The gongs are handed out on the 21st of August.  Good luck to everyone.  Of course, we know that Danny won’t be repeating this next year as he is not returning to SVU for the upcoming season.  No word on any future plans yet.

As short as this post might be it (like most others in this series) would be even smaller if it wasn’t for the works of Tracie Thoms (Kat Miller on CC).  First up Tracie has a role in a forthcoming movie called Equity.  It’s not about the value of a house or the UK acting union.  It’s a Wall Street-based film, but one with a difference.  Anna Gunn, in her first major role since Breaking Bad (I’m assuming most don’t count Gracepoint), leads the female-centred drama.  Alysia Reiner (Orange Is The New Black) and Carrie Preston (True Blood) also star.  There are some men too: Richard Kind (Spin City) and James Purefoy (Rome) amongst them.  Not too sure about Tracie’s role but she did make some comments on Instagram about being Alysia’s “movie wife”.  The other Tracie news is her guest starring in a series for Netflix called Love.  It’s been created by writer/director/producer Judd Apatow (Knocked Up) and Lesley Arfin (Girls), and stars Gillian Jacobs (Community) and Paul Rust (I Love You, Beth Cooper).  Love is… about Mickey and Gus’s relationship.  It already has as 22 episode order split 10:12 across two seasons starting next year.

This goes beyond the normal scope of the CCCC-ups but some times you have to let these things go.  Speaking of letting go…  News broke in the last few days of the death at the age of 83 of Ann Rule, the writer of the book And Never Let Her Go which was turned into a TV movie starring Mark Harmon (NCIS) and Kathryn.  The story is about Anne Marie Fahey (Kathryn), an emotionally vulnerable young woman, who disappeared in suspicious circumstances after ending an affair with a powerful and controlling attorney (Mark Harmon).  It all becomes even more disturbing when you discover that it is very closely based on true events.  Looking at Kathryn’s filmography it is difficult to believe that And Never Let Her Go comes between The Contender and A.I. Artificial Intelligence.  As Anne Marie she seems much younger, and Kathryn brings that vulnerability across so strongly.  Interesting facts of the day:  Back in the 80s Harmon played serial killer Ted Bundy in a movie.  Ann Rule was good friends with Bundy before he was found out.  She was asked to write a book called Ted about a killer prior to finding out it was about Bundy.