For All Mankind Season 5 Adds The Americans Star As Series Regular, New Soviet Character Details Revealed
Summary
For All Mankindseason 5 gets a filming update from creator Ronald D. Moore atSan Diego Comic-Con. After the writers strike put a pause on development,For All Mankindseason 5was officially renewed in April of this year, and cast announcements have been rolling in. The long-running Apple TV+ drama recently added Costa Ronin as Lenya, a Soviet politician and former cosmonaut.
Speaking withScreen Rant’s Joe Deckelmeier at SDCC, Moore was asked about Ronin’s addition. In response, the creator shared that Ronin’s character will play a key role, and mentioned thatfilming for new episodes is already underwaybut added that some stories are being “reworked and rewritten.” Read the full quote below:
Ron D. Moore: We just started shooting last week, so a lot of the storylines beyond the first episode are still being reworked and rewritten. We try to keep a lot of that as surprises, but he’ll be a key figure on the show.
Who Else Is In The Cast Of For All Mankind Season 5?
Several Cast Members Are Returning
Along withRonin, who is known for his role as Oleg Burov inThe Americansand Yevgeny Gromov inHomeland, the upcoming installment of Apple TV+’s alternate reality sci-fi will welcome back returning actors Joel Kinnaman, Wrenn Schmidt, Krys Marshall, Edi Gathegi, Cynthy Wu, Coral Peña, Toby Kebbell, Tyner Rushing, Daniel Stern, and Svetlana Efremova. In some cases, like Kebbell, they only joined theFor All Mankindcastin season 4. Others, such as Kinnaman, who plays Ed Baldwin, have been with the show since the beginning.
It’s also been revealed thatFor All Mankindseason 5 will include a reunion with Kinnaman, as the upcoming episodes will feature Mirelle Enos. Recently seen in the short-lived AMC dramedyLucky Hankopposite Bob Odenkirk, the actor also received an Emmy nod for her performance as Sarah Linden in the AMC crime dramaThe Killing, working together with Kinnaman.
Enos will play Celia Boyd, a member of the Peacekeeper Security Force on Mars, inFor All Mankindseason 5.
Due to its frequent time jumps, which played a factor inFor All Mankindseason 4’s ending, changes to the ensemble are nothing new. But with a somewhat consistent core group of characters, coupled with an evolving, decade-spanning saga, the latest additions often serve as a way of jolting the narrative forward. That will continue into the forthcoming episodes, now confirmed to be filming.
For All Mankind
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Imagine a world where the global space race never ended - For All Mankind is a thrilling “what if” take on history that explores what would have happened in the race to the moon between the Soviet Union and the United States, as well as the space programs and the race’s effects on the astronauts and their families in the aftermath. The Apple TV+ series hails from Ronald D. Moore and stars Joel Kinnaman as a NASA astronaut. For All Mankind also features historical astronauts like Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong.
