Weisman Joins Awake

He may have a lot of credits--a regular on Alias for the whole run of the series, Moonlight, Clerks II, a long string of guest spots--but when I see that mug my brain goes straight to Larry, the nosy amateur ufologist who witnessed Liz's shooting in the pilot episode of Roswell (and who later returned for the convention episode, even more wound up in his hobby/obsession), asking sheriff Valenti the telling and inconvenient question, "Where's the bullet?"

It's Kevin Weisman we're talking about, and my interest in Awake is now boosted by the news that he'll be joining the cast as a cryptic recurring character known as "Mr. Blonde."

According to an exclusive EW report, the sinister Mr. Blonde will haunt Detective Britton (Jason Isaacs), playing a role in both of his parallel worlds. It's not clear what he's after, but he seems to have revealing information about the car crash that brought about the jarring split in Britton's life.

On his fanpage, Weisman expressed enthusiasm for the show he's joining: "Looking forward to working on NBC's midseason show, AWAKE next week. I just watched the pilot, and it is fantastic. The cast is frakking stellar." Gotta love an actor who's geeky enough not to be afraid to regularly use the word frakking.

Meanwhile, another familiar face: Frances Fisher is guesting on A Gifted Man, says TVLine. Your least favorite Eureka character will play a meddling mother to one of Michael Holt's friends. Hmmm--one of the passengers on the Titanic guesting on A Gifted Man. Coincidence? (jk!) Also soon to guest on the same show: actress and singer Christina Milian, as a spoiled pop star with a mysterious malady.

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