TheFor All MankindspinoffStar Cityhas cast three more stars. The upcoming Apple TV+ show will follow the Soviet Union’s perspective on the original show’s alternate history Space Race drama, taking place in the titular Star City, which is a research facility that is the training ground for Soviet cosmonauts. TheFor All Mankindspinoff, which was created by the flagship series' Ronald D. Moore, Matt Wolpert, Ben Nedivi, is already set to star Rhys Ifans, Alice Englert, Solly McLeod, Anna Maxwell Martin, and Agnes O’Casey.
PerVariety,Star Cityhas rounded out its main cast with Adam Nagaitis, Josef Davies, and Ruby Ashbourne Serkis, who will be playing Valya, Sergei, and Tanya respectively. Valya is a cosmonaut with the Soviet Space Program who is described as “highly respected,” Sergei is a “brilliant” Soviet Ground Control engineer, and Tanya is the wife of a cosmonaut who feels claustrophobic in the isolated and secretive world of Star City. It is unclear who Tanya’s husband is as of the time of writing.
What This Means For Star City
The Spinoff’s New Stars Have Ample Experience
Of the three up-and-coming stars joining theStar Citycast,only one has major experience in the sci-fi genre. That would be Josef Davies, who joined theAndorcastas imperial prisoner Xaul in three episodes of the Disney+ Star Wars spinoff series. However, all three have ample experience in episodic television in general, including Davies, who has previously starred inYoung Wallander,The Walk-In, andThe Hunt for Raoul Moat,in addition to appearing in episodes ofCall the Midwife,Chernobyl, andThe Crown.
Ruby Ashbourne Serkis… is the daughter of acclaimed mo-cap actor and director Andy Serkis.
For instance,Adam Nagaitis has had multi-episode runs on quite a few notable series, including the horror dramaThe Terror, theWalking DeadspinoffDaryl Dixon, and HBO’sChernobyl, though he did not appear in the episode of the latter series in which Davies also starred. Additionally, Ruby Ashbourne Serkis, who is the daughter of acclaimed mo-cap actor and director Andy Serkis, has held roles inThe Letter for the King,Becoming Elizabeth, andShardlake. With so many titles under their collective belts, the new cast members should have ample experience helping them fit in with theStar Cityensemble.
Our Take On The New Star City Characters
The Show Explores Every Level Of The Community
From the character descriptions revealed in thisStar Citycasting update, it seems that the show will follow a similar format toFor All Mankind. This includesexploring every level on which a person can be involved in the space program, from those who are right in the middle to those who are on the periphery and are kept frustratingly in the dark. It seems that changing the focus of the show to the Soviet Union has not altered this overall approach to the television franchise’s storytelling.
