
EXCLUSIVE: Michael Gambon, who is recurring on the current freshman season of HBO’s Michael Mann/David Milch drama Luck, has been upped to a regular for Season 2. Also joining the upcoming second season of the horse-racing drama is Margarita Levieva in a major recurring role. Gambon, who made his
debut on Luck in Episode 4, plays the mythical Mike, an adversary of Dustin Hoffman’s Ace Bernstein. Levieva, repped by The Collective and UTA, will play Sarah Israel, the sister of Nathan Israel, who is pleyed by recurring guest star (and star of USA’s Suits) Patrick J. Adams. Levieva continues her major recurring role on another series, ABC’s freshman Revenge, where she plays a troubled girl who switched identities with the lead character, Emily Thorn/Amanda Clark (Emily VanCamp).
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Mike Gambon is a bada$$!
“Welcome to the layer cake, son.”
Margarita Levieva is a great find. She is incredible on “Revenge.”
Margarita’s a fine actress and a first-rate person. Glad to hear it.
I love Michael Gambon! He’s a great actor!
As much as i love Michael Gambon, more old people on a show filled with old people is really not the way to go to get better ratings.
It’s sad to say this but nowadays viewers need to have a certain quota of sexy actors/actresses to even consider giving a chance to a TV Show. Just look at True Blood, Game of Thrones and even Boardwalk Empire (Buscemi ugliness is minimized by having boobs and butts every two scenes).
they’ve also just cast margarita levieva for the younger crowd. plus, they still have tom payne, kerry condon and patrick j. adams. they’re young and sexy enough. but i’m watching luck for the plot and the engaging performances. the show is much less concerned about ratings than the quality of its products and catering to a specific audience.. which they have. the boob-and-butt audience have more than enough shows to pick from anyway.
Michael Gambon was miscast as Dumbledore. Jared Harris should have replaced his father, Richard Harris, as Dumbledore.
Happy for Levieva, I really like her, not really sure why but I do want to see more of her.