According to The Hollywood Reporter, Games of Thrones star Nonso Anozie and Merlin star Katie McGrath have been cast for NBC’s television series ‘Dracula.”
The series, which bypassed the traditional pilot stage, takes place in the 1890s and finds Dracula (The Tudors‘Jonathan Rhys Meyers) living a double life in London as an American businessman interested in bringing modern science to Victorian society. But his true plan — to exact revenge on those who burdened him centuries ago — is derailed when he falls in love with Mina (Arrow‘sJessica DeGouw), who seems to be a reincarnation of his dead wife.
McGrath will play Lucy Westenra, Aristocratic London’s sexy, social butterfly with a penchant for gossip, flirting and all things glamorous. She’s Mina’s best friend, who eventually becomes tied up in a web of lies, lust and temptation that challenges their relationship.
Anozie will play R.M. Renfield, Alan Grayson‘s (aka Dracula) loyal confidante, who’s the keeper of Dracula’s secrets and the stabilizing force that allows his two personas to co-exist.