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Jeff Hephner Set As The Lead In ‘Playboy’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday March 3, 2011 @ 6:59pm PSTTags: Jeff Hephner, NBC, NBC Playboy, Playboy Pilot, Playboy Pilot Casting, TV, TV Deals, TV Pilots
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EXCLUSIVE: Actor Jeff Hephner just got his big break, landing the lead role in NBC’s drama pilot Playboy. The project, from 20th TV, Imagine TV and writer-executive producer Chad Hodge, is set at the Playboy Club in Chicago in 1963. Hephner went through rigorous auditioning process, beating a number of better known actors for the role, the last major part in the pilot to get cast. And he certainly has the right last name for it that sounds exactly like the  moniker of the king of the Playboy empire, Hugh Hefner.

Playboy centers on Nick Dalton (Hephner), described as “the ultimate playboy.” He is an attorney in Chicago and a Keyholder at the glamorous, exclusive Playboy Club. A fixer who knows how to make problems disappear, he has mysterious ties to the mob. The pilot, directed by Alan Taylor, co-stars Laura Benanti, Amber Heard, Naturi Naughton, Jenna Dewan-Tatum, Leah Renee, David Krumholtz and Wes Ramsey. Hephner, repped by Paradigm and the Group Entertainment, is recurring on CW’s Hellcats and has also done arcs on NBC’s Mercy and Fox’s The O.C.

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Several Actors Board Broadcast Pilots

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday February 28, 2011 @ 10:11pm PSTTags: Janet McTeer, My Freakin' Family, My Freakin' Family Pilot, NBC Whitney Cummings Pilot, Once Upon a Time Pilot, Once Upon a Time Pilot Casting, Playboy Pilot, Playboy Pilot Casting, TV, TV Casting, TV Deals, TV Pilots, Weekends at Bellevue, Weekends at Bellevue Pilot
Nellie Andreeva

ABC’s comedy comedy pilot has found the leads for its comedy pilot My Freakin’ Family: Ellen Woglom and Ravi Patel. Christopher Rich also has been cast in the project, which … Read More »

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David Krumholtz To Co-Star In ‘Playboy’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday February 25, 2011 @ 1:55pm PSTTags: Playboy Pilot, Playboy Pilot Casting, TV, TV Casting, TV Deals, TV Pilots
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: Now that’s a gig few male actors could pass up — playing the boss of a Playboy club. After a slew of castings of beautiful young actresses as Playboy bunnies, former Numbers star David Krumholtz is set for a … Read More »

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NBC’s ‘Playboy’ Pilot Casts Two Bunnies

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday February 4, 2011 @ 1:04pm PSTTags: Alan Taylor Playboy, Amber Heard, Playboy Pilot, Playboy Pilot Casting, TV, TV Casting, TV Pilots
Nellie Andreeva

Amber Heard (Zombieland) and Naturi Naughton (Fame) are set as leads in the NBC drama pilot Playboy. The project, from 20th TV/Imagine TV, is set at the Playboy Club … Read More »

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Amber Heard In Talks For NBC’s ‘Playboy’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday February 2, 2011 @ 12:57pm PSTTags: Alan Taylor Playboy, Amber Heard, NBC Playboy, Playboy Pilot, Playboy Pilot Casting, TV, TV Pilots
Nellie Andreeva

Amber Heard (Zombieland) is in talks for a lead role on the NBC drama pilot Playboy. The project, from 20th TV/Imagine TV, is set at the Playboy Club in Chicago in 1963. Heard would play a new hire at the … Read More »

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