FX's 'Shield' fields Close
HOLLYWOOD -- Marking her first series regular role on primetime television, Glenn Close (news) has joined the cast of FX cop drama "The Shield."
Thesp, who landed an Emmy nomination this year for her portrayal of Eleanor of Aquitaine in Showtime movie "The Lion in Winter," will appear in every episode of the 13-seg fourth season.
Production begins in January.
Close will play Monica Rawling, the new captain of the Farmington precinct, who empowers Det. Vic Mackey (Michael Chiklis) to enforce her controversial community policies.
Creator-exec producer Shawn Ryan said Close's character "shakes our 'Shield' world upside down over the course of the entire season."
"We wouldn't have been comfortable pursuing this storyline if we hadn't gotten an actress of Glenn's undeniable abilities," he said.
Returning for the upcoming season are CCH Pounder, Benito Martinez, Jay Karnes, Walton Goggins, Catherine Dent, Michael Jace, Kenneth Johnson and Cathy Cahlin Ryan.
Fox Television Studios produces "The Shield" in association with Sony Pictures TV. Scott Brazil also exec produces.
Close, a multiple Emmy and Oscar nominee, won the Emmy in 1997 for the NBC telepic "Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story."
She next appears in the Merchant Ivory film "Heights." Recent film credits include "The Stepford Wives," "Le Divorce" and "The Safety of Objects."
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"who empowers Det. Vic Mackey (Michael Chiklis) to enforce her controversial community policies." - This should be awesome. Come on, March (or April), what are you waiting for?
HOLLYWOOD -- Marking her first series regular role on primetime television, Glenn Close (news) has joined the cast of FX cop drama "The Shield."
Thesp, who landed an Emmy nomination this year for her portrayal of Eleanor of Aquitaine in Showtime movie "The Lion in Winter," will appear in every episode of the 13-seg fourth season.
Production begins in January.
Close will play Monica Rawling, the new captain of the Farmington precinct, who empowers Det. Vic Mackey (Michael Chiklis) to enforce her controversial community policies.
Creator-exec producer Shawn Ryan said Close's character "shakes our 'Shield' world upside down over the course of the entire season."
"We wouldn't have been comfortable pursuing this storyline if we hadn't gotten an actress of Glenn's undeniable abilities," he said.
Returning for the upcoming season are CCH Pounder, Benito Martinez, Jay Karnes, Walton Goggins, Catherine Dent, Michael Jace, Kenneth Johnson and Cathy Cahlin Ryan.
Fox Television Studios produces "The Shield" in association with Sony Pictures TV. Scott Brazil also exec produces.
Close, a multiple Emmy and Oscar nominee, won the Emmy in 1997 for the NBC telepic "Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story."
She next appears in the Merchant Ivory film "Heights." Recent film credits include "The Stepford Wives," "Le Divorce" and "The Safety of Objects."
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"who empowers Det. Vic Mackey (Michael Chiklis) to enforce her controversial community policies." - This should be awesome. Come on, March (or April), what are you waiting for?