Melissa Benoist, 9-1-1: Lone Star’s Rafael L. Silva and More Join Kevin Williamson’s The Waterfront
The former Supergirl is dipping her toes into The Waterfront.
Melissa Benoist (Supergirl, The Girls on the Bus, Glee) has joined the cast of Kevin Williamson’s upcoming family drama, Netflix announced Wednesday.
Inspired by true events, the series “dives into the flawed Buckley family as their attempts to retain control of their crumbling North Carolina fishing empire drive them to increasingly dangerous means to keep themselves afloat,” reads the official logline.
Holt McCallany (Mindhunter) will play patriarch Harlan Buckley. Maria Bello (ER) will play his wife, Mae Buckley. And Benoist will play Bree Buckley, their daughter who used to be in charge of the fishery’s finances but who has had her life ruined by alcohol abuse. Now sober, she’s working on her relationship with her son, of whom she no longer has custody.
Rafael L. Silva (9-1-1: Lone Star) also has joined the cast as Shawn Wilson, a bartender who works for the Buckleys and who’s in possession of a secret that could destroy the family.
The series also added:
* Jake Weary (Animal Kingdom) as Cane Buckley, Harlan’s only son. Per the official description: “Cane has a complicated relationship with his father but never stops trying to do the right thing by his dad and can’t seem to say no to him… Cane likes the money his family business affords him, a Band-Aid for the life he got instead of the life he wanted.”
* Humberly González (Ginny & Georgia) as Jenna Tate, a journalist who returns to her hometown to take care of her ailing father and runs into Cane, her high school boyfriend who hasn’t gotten over her.
* Danielle Campbell (The Originals, Tell Me a Story) as Peyton Buckley, Cane’s supportive wife and mom of an 8-year-old.
* Brady Hepner (The Black Phone) as Diller Hopkins, Bree’s son, who lives with Bree’s ex-husband. Diller idolizes his grandfather, Harlan, but resents his mother.
* Zach Roerig (The Vampire Diaries, As the World Turns) as Troy… and that’s all we know about him!
* Gerardo Celasco (How to Get Away With Murder, Devil in Ohio) as DEA Agent Marcus Sanchez.
* Michael Gaston (The Leftovers, The Mentalist) as Sheriff Clyde Porter.
The Waterfront will be written and executive-produced by Williamson (Dawson’s Creek, The Vampire Diaries); the first season will consist of eight episodes. Marcos Siega (The Following, The Vampire Diaries, Dawson’s Creek) will direct the first two installments.
Do these cast additions make you excited to watch The Waterfront? Let us know in the comments!
okay this cast is FIRE. I’m in!
So happy for Rafa. He’s been a screen stealer since 2020.
Cool after seeing her on Girls on the bus I have come around to seeing what an underrated talent Benoist is. Shame she was wasted on six years of Supergirl that show did not do her justice.
SG certainly did her justice: One-note role for a one-note actor.
Looking forward to season 2 in 2029
Supergirl a recovering alcoholic… say it isn’t so! Can’t wait!
She was abused by her ex boyfriend really bad Shame on you for your horrid comment
You do realize P. was talking about the fictional character, not Melissa herself, right?
Can’t wait to see this. Love supergirl watched girls on the bus and was bummed when they cancelled it I thought it was good
Wasn’t Bree Buckley also the name of Joanna Garcia’s character in season three of Gossip Girl?
Yes it was.
Came here just to say this!
Where is this going to be filmed?
Anything with Melissa I watch
Soooo, Bree was a teenage when she had her son? Because there’s only a 17 year age gap between her and the actor playing her son.
Melissa Benoist is great, and I get creative changes, but that just feels like another reason women have a hard time with aging, when they cast younger women to play older characters.
Completely agree. They didn’t try for realism here at all.