Emmy Rossum Cast As Tom Holland's Mom In New Apple TV Plus Series The Crowded Room
Apple TV is doing everything in its power to bring in a sustainable audience with each new series they greenlight. With the recent casting of Emmy Rossum in Crowded Room, they at least know that if they are going down, they are going down swinging.
Rossum, whose role as Fiona Gallagher on the Showtime hit Shamelessfrom 2011 to 2019 put her on the map as a star, was recently announced as the latest casting for Apple TV Plus' upcoming series. Rossum will be joining Tom Holland, who will also serve as executive producer, and Amanda Seyfried as the leads for the upcoming series.
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According to The Hollywood Reporter, Rossum will play the mother of Holland's character, a woman who described is as «always looking for a man to fulfill her dreams of salvation.» Besides the show's leads, not much is known regarding what the show will be about. The only other known details about the show are that Akiva Goldsman, known best for his work as a writer for A Beautiful Mind, will serve as writer and executive producer while Kornél Mundruczó, best known for directing Pieces of a Woman, is slated to direct the entire 10-episode season.
As far as what the show will be about, again, not much has been revealed. The little info that has been publicized is that it will adapt true stories about those who have struggled with and accepted their mental illness. Rossum's work as Gallagher on Shameless made her pretty much the perfect choice for a show like this seeing how she expertly played a character who had to overcome plenty of emotional trauma caused by her upbringing and broken home.
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