GOTHAM Season Three Adds THE WALKING DEAD Actor Benedict Samuel As The Mad Hatter
Gotham is upping the crazy next season and today, they've announced that they've cast The Walking Dead's Benedict Samuel as classic Batman villain, the Mad Hatter! Come check it out!
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TV Line is reporting that Benedict Samuel has joined the cast of Gotham season three as Jervis Tetch a.k.a. the Mad Hatter! It's uncertain when he'll make his series debut, but Fox & Warner Bros., in a joint announcement, described him as "a talented hypnotist teetering on the edge of madness. He arrives in Gotham with an unwavering desire to find his sister, Alice, a young woman who went missing in the city years ago."
He's the fourth major acquisition for the hit superhero prequel drama, which is having quite the offseason, having already added James Carpinello (The Punisher) as Mario Falcone, Jamie Chung (Once Upon A Time) as Valerie Vale, and Maggie Geha (Ted 2) as Poison Ivy.
Samuel is best known for his roles as the Alpha Wolf on AMC's post-apocalyptic horror drama The Walking Dead and as Felix Crawford on the Australian miniseries Secret City. He also had a role in Robert Zemeckis' The Walk.
So, what do you guys think of the casting? Sound off with your thoughts below!
The stakes are higher than ever as Gotham explores the origin stories of some of the most ambitious and depraved Super Villains, including The Riddler, The Joker and Mr. Freeze, and Bruce Wayne uncovers more secrets from his father’s past.
Gotham features:
Ben McKenzie as James Gordon
Donal Logue as Harvey Bullock
David Mazouz as Bruce Wayne
Sean Pertwee as Alfred Pennyworth
Morena Baccarin as Leslie Thompkins
Robin Lord Taylor as Oswald Cobblepot
Erin Richards as Barbara Kean
Camren Bicondova as Selina Kyle
Cory Michael Smith as Edward Nygma
Chris Chalk as Lucius Fox
Drew Powell as Butch Gilzean
Nicholas D'Agosto as Harvey Dent
James Frain as Theo Galavan
Jessica Lucas as Tabitha Galavan
Michael Chiklis as Nathaniel Barnes
Gotham returns September 19