EXCLUSIVE: Victor Rivas Rivers (The Mask of Zorro, Blood In, Blood Out) will guest star in HBO Max‘s hit medical drama The Pitt‘s sophomore season. He will play Trent Norris, PTMC’s Chief Executive Officer.
The series is currently in production and is set to premiere in January.
From creator R. Scott Gemmill and producer John Wells, The Pitt chronicles the urgent challenges U.S. frontline healthcare professionals face through the lens of the fictional Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center’s emergency department. Offering a real-time format, the series traces, hour by hour, the medical cases and personal crises physicians and nurses must navigate as they reckon with an overabundance of patients and a lack of resources.
The Pitt cast is led by Noah Wyle, who also executive produces and writes. Katherine LaNasa, Shawn Hatosy, Taylor Dearden, Patrick Ball, Isa Briones, Fiona Dourif, Supriya Ganesh, Shabana Azeez and Gerran Howell round out the ensemble cast. New Season 2 additions include Sepideh Moafi as a series regular, and Charles Baker, Irene Choi, Laëtitia Hollard, Lucas Iverson and Lawrence Robinson in recurring roles.
Deadline recently revealed that new Emmy nominee Hatosy will direct the ninth episode of Season 2, which takes place over the Fourth of July weekend. Wyle will also take on directing duties. The pair will work together more closely this season, as Dr. Michael “Robby” Robinavitch (Wyle) will count on Dr. Jack Abbot (Hatosy) and newly joined Dr. Al-Hashimi (Moafi) to help with attending duties. The show will also delve deeper into Abbot’s personal life, particularly his relationship with his deceased wife, whom he loved deeply. He continues to wear his wedding ring.
LaNasa, who was also recently nominated for her portrayal of charge nurse Dana Evans, teased that there will be a conversation between her character and Santos (Briones) that will take place in episode 6, which they’re currently shooting. In Season 1, Santos told Dana of her concerns that senior resident Dr. Frank Langdon (Ball) may be pocketing drugs that were meant for patients. Dana brushed her off, but it was later revealed that Langdon was doing what Santos accused him of. With Dana and Santos working so closely together in the ER, hopefully, they can find a way to move past their past differences. More on what The Pitt team has shared about Season 2 can be found here.
Season 1 of the series has already won Gotham TV and TCA Awards and has 13 Emmy nominations, including for Outstanding Drama Series, Lead Actor in a Drama Series for Wyle, Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for Hatosy, and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for LaNasa.
The medical drama’s freshman season is also set to air on TNT.
John Wells Productions produces The Pitt in association with Warner Bros. Television, where JWP is under an overall deal. EPs are Wyle, Wells, JWP’s Erin Jontow, Michael Hissrich, and Simran Baidwan.
Rivas Rivers is represented by The Green Room, which has two other clients on The Pitt for Season 2: Charles Baker and Evan Allen Gessesse.
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