Giancarlo Esposito (Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul) has been cast in a lead role in Cinemax's upcoming drama, Jett, per Deadline. The series has also added in series regular roles, Elena Anaya, Michael Aronov, Gaite Jansen, Chris Backus, Gil Bellows & Violet McGraw. Jodie Turner-Smith, Gentry White, Lucy Walters and Mustafa Shakir are set to recur in the series.
Deadline also notes that Esposito's role on Jett is for one year after a 2-season series regular commitment on Better Call Saul including S3 and the upcoming already filmed, fourth season. If Saul is renewed for a 5th season,"he could return to the AMC series with the production schedule of Jett allowing for that."
Fresh out of prison, world-class thief Daisy ”Jett” Kowalski (Carla Gugino) is forced back into doing what she does best by dangerous and eccentric criminals determined to exploit her skills for their own ends.
I hear Esposito will play Baudelaire, a powerful crime lord; Anaya will play Maria, who served as a surrogate mother for Kowalski’s daughter (McGraw) when she was in prison; and Jansen will play Phoenix, an ex-junkie hooker.
