Emmy Award winner Liza Colón-Zayas (The Bear) has been cast in a recurring role in the as-yet-untitled real estate drama pilot ordered by the Onyx Collective for Hulu, alongside William Fichtner (Lucky), Alfredo Castro (El Conde) and Jared Paul Abrahamson (The Penguin). Production begins in Toronto on July 14.
They join the previously announced leads, Edgar Ramirez and Jacob Scipio, and series regulars Leslie Grace, Mariana di Girolamo, Liz Caribel Sierra and Armando Rivera.
From Roberto Patino and Cassius Corrigan, the drama follows a cutthroat battle to dominate the Manhattan skyline, where two rival real estate developers (Ramirez and Scipio) risk everything — wealth, family and their souls — as their ambition turns into obsession, and their partnership turns into war.
Colón-Zayas will play Rosie, as the beloved and socially minded head of a community board in her Lower East Side city district. Rosie finds herself at the center of an explosive real estate development project that inspires as much rage as it does admiration and threatens to destroy the heavily Puerto Rican community she calls home.
Fichtner will play Harry Dempsey, the steady father figure who has guided Abe’s (Scipio) rapid ascent in the real estate world. Harry keeps Abe’s feet firmly planted on the ground. His long-held dreams of “making it” in the Manhattan real estate market are nearly within his grasp.
Castro will play Jacobo Saladín, the imposing patriarch of the Saladín corporation. Jacobo is a legendary, self-made billionaire and real estate mogul who has built vast communities that house millions of people throughout Latin America, and who suddenly finds his empire at risk of collapse.
Abrahamson will play Angelo, Abe’s close friend and loyal associate. Angelo is an outer borough hustler eager to find his place in the cutthroat world of Manhattan real estate development.
Patino, who serves as showrunner, Corrigan, Ramírez and pilot director Alonso Ruizpalacios executive produce alongside Oly Obst and Luke Maxwell of 3 Arts, Ramirez, Liz Tigelaar and Stacey Silverman of Best Day Ever, as well as real estate developer Donahue Peebles III, who will serve as technical consultant.
Colón-Zayas is repped by Stewart Talent, Liebman Entertainment, and Schreck Rose Dapello; Fichtner is repped by Innovative, Principal Entertainment LA, Thruline and Sloane, Offer, Weber, and Dern LLP; Castro is repped by Mesala Films; Abrahamson is repped by Gersh, Canopy Media Partners and Lauren Levitt & Associates.
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