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New York Times best-selling author Cazzie David and Degrassi: The Next Generation alum Jake Epstein are among the actors who have been cast as members of the Sparrow Academy in the upcoming season of The Umbrella Academy.
The show, based on the comic books wirtten by Gerard Way, follows 7 children adopted by billionaire Reginald Hargreeves, who raises them to become a superhero team called “The Umbrella Academy.”
At the end of its second season, the show introduced the Sparrow Academy, an alternate version of the Umbrella Academy that was formed after a time-travel debacle left the original Hargreeves siblings scattered all over the 1960s.
Netflix revealed the cast of the Sparrow Academy on January 11, with Justin H Min returning to his role as Ben Hargreeves, who was part of the Umbrella Academy. As Sparrow #2 though, Ben is a more vicious, calculating version of the character.
Justin Cornwell will be playing Sparrow #1, Marcus, the disciplined, rational, quietly confident leader who keeps the family together.
Britne Oldford is set to play Sparrow #3, the brilliant and determined Fei who may appear to want to be alone, but secretly longs for a friend.
Jake is taking the role of Sparrow #4, Alphonso, a heavily scarred and sarcastic fighter who loves his pizza and beer.
Genesis Rodriguez will be playing Sparrow #5, Sloane, a flighty romantic who dreams of seeing the world, but feels obligated to stay with her family, at least for now.
Cazzie is taking on the role of Sparrow #6, Jayme, a silent, hoodie-wearing loner whose snarl says it all.
Rounding out the Sparrow Academy is Christopher, Sparrow #7, who is, interestingly enough, an “existential dread inducing psykronium cube” that has the power to turn the temperature down to freezing, and paralyze anyone with fear. The cube may not be human but he serves as the family’s oracle, advisor, and mediator, and is treated like any other sibling by the Sparrows.
The new cast joins Elliot Page, Tom Hopper, David Castañeda, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Robert Sheehan, Aidan Gallagher, Ritu Arya, Adam Godley, and Colm Feore, who are set to reprise their roles.
Production on the 10-episode season begins in February in Toronto. – Rappler.com
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