EXCLUSIVE: Underbelly has added two to its cast, with Lucian-River Chauhan and Kate Corbett signing on to the twisty crime drama. Cameras are rolling on the series, which is for Canadian streamer Crave.
Underbelly stars Stephen Amell as a cop in the 1000 Islands region that straddles Canada and the U.S. His character, Officer Henry Roland, finds evidence linking a case he is working on to his childhood best friend, Tommy Hawley, played by Hamza Haq.
Chauhan will play the younger version of Tommy in the six-episode series. He starred in Apple TV+ supernatural drama Me, which bowed earlier this year. His other credits include Amazon’s Encounter and Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Kate Corbett will also appear, and play a character called Liv. Little else is known about her part at this point. Her credits include Canadian procedural Coroner and indie movie The Righteous.
Deadline broke the Underbelly news at the MIPCOM TV market in Cannes, where distributor Fifth Season launched international sales on the show. Murdoch Mysteries prodco Shaftesbury is making the show for Crave.
As well as Amell, who is soon to be seen in Suits L.A., the series will star Minnie Driver as a the matriarch of a crime family that is searching for missing contraband in the 1000 Islands. Other cast include Tamara Podemski (Reservation Dogs), Christopher Heyerdahl (Van Helsing), Katia Edith Wood (8-Bit Christmas), and Diego Klattenhoff (Homeland).
Production is underway in Canada. Shaftesbury produces in partnership with Crave, Rogers Series Fund, and Fifth Season. Chauhan is repped by Paradigm, Atlas Artists, The Characters Talent Agency.
