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A Big Update On ‘The Pitt' Season 2, Which Is Adding These New Actors
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The Pitt is currently filming as it attempts to start HBO Max's desire to pump out one season per year like the good old days of broadcast TV. It's a very contained location, almost procedural with all its various crises, and it seems like they'll be able to pull it off.
Well, if The Pitt season 2 will be out close to a year after season 1, we can search for other new information about what's coming during season 2, and now we've found some.
It's been confirmed that four actors are joining the cast: one patient and three medical personnel. From Deadline, we have the actors in question and who they will be playing:
Charles Baker - Troy, an unhoused man forgotten by most, and a patient in the ED.
CULVER CITY, CA - JULY 24: Charles Baker attends the "Breaking Bad" Los Angeles Premiere at Sony ... More Pictures Studios on July 24, 2013 in Culver City, California. (Photo by JB Lacroix/WireImage)
Irene Choi - Joy, a third-year medical student with strong boundaries and a vast knowledge of medicine that leans toward the macabre.
HOLLYWOOD, CA - AUGUST 09: Irene Choi attends the Season 1 premiere of Netflix's "Insatiable" at ... More ArcLight Hollywood on August 9, 2018 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)
Laëtitia Hollard - Emma, a recent nursing school graduate, who some may consider naive.
Lucas Iverson – James, a fourth-year medical student.
If you're concerned that this young crop of newbies may replace the old crop of newbies who are off the ER rotation, that's not true, as it's been confirmed the likes of King, Santos, Whitaker and Javadi are all returning. The same is true for Dr. Langdon, seemingly booted out by Robby, but he is a fixture of season 2 as it will take place during his full first day back in the ER, presumably after some sort of rehab/testing stint. There's really no confirmation about who will not return at this point, which also includes Dana Evans, who seemingly left the ER at the end of the season.
The Pitt is about to become a major contender in the Emmys now that nominations are submitted, and many would consider Robby's Noah Wyle to be a frontrunner for Best Actor in a Drama. Clearly, there are a lot of potential nominations in the supporting cast, along with the big category, Best Drama, itself.
It's not a big surprise that the show is adding new cast members. Well, it was always going to in terms of a slew of new patients, but on the medical side as well. I do wonder, however, how many new actors could be jammed in without any others being removed, lest the show begin to feel overstuffed. But it's just season 2, and we can see how they handle it soon enough. Within the year, it seems.
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