The Cw’s Dynasty Reboot Has Cast Two Huge Roles
Elizabeth Gillies (Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll) has landed a lead role in The CW’s Dynasty pilot, a reboot of the iconic 1980s primetime soap from Gossip Girl creators Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage.
The Dynasty reboot follows two of America’s wealthiest families, the Carringtons and the Colbys, as they feud for control over their fortune and their children. The series will be told primarily through the perspectives of two women at odds: Fallon Carrington (Gillies), daughter of billionaire Blake Carrington, and her soon-to-be stepmother, Cristal, a Hispanic woman marrying into this WASP family and America’s most powerful class.
Ever since her mother abandoned the family, Fallon has struggled to connect with her father — but often falls short, with emotionally devastating consequences. Gillies most recently starred as Denis Leary’s daughter Gigi in FX’s Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll.
The Colby’s Are Being Cast
We have cast two of the Carringtons now it’s time to start casting the Colbys.
Sam Adegoke is set as a lead opposite Natalie Kelley and Elizabeth Gillies in The CW’s Dynasty pilot, a reboot of the iconic 1980s primetime soap.
Adegoke will play the handsome and charming Jeff Colby, a billionaire tech guru who fought his way up from humble beginnings to his present prominence. Once a mere underling at Blake Carrington’s company, Jeff is now his rival, who is currently in a bidding war with Blake over a huge sports franchise.
Jeff attended high school with Blake’s daughter Fallon (Gillies), and there’s always been a flirtatious spark between these two. And when Fallon finally tires of her father’s double-dealing, Jeff might offer her an easy route to revenge.
