It’s not James Marsters but this will do nicely…
Dollhouse has tapped spooky-cool Ray Wise to join the cast in the potentially recurring role of Howard, an intelligent higher-up in the Dollhouse who has huge presence and humor.
Wise is coming off of a two-year stint as Lucifer on The CW’s Reaper. Of course, to me, he’ll forever be the dude who offed Laura Palmer.
Dollhouse, which kicks off season 2 a week from Friday, is amassing quite the impressive talent roster this season. In addition to Wise, upcoming guest stars include Jamie Bamber, Keith Carradine, Alexis Denisoff, and Summer Glau.
Thoughts on Wise’s casting? Sound off below!
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Wise rules, and beside his creepy role in Peaks, he was also part of the most deliciously evil crew of villains on film in Robocop! Keep up the great casting in Dollhouse, whose star also puts in the lead performance in today’s gaming release, WET.
I pick up my reserved WET game today
And yes, solid choice on the Ray Wise casting (although I would have loved James Marsters as well).
I enjoy Ray Wise, but I was looking forward to James Marsters. I know it was just a pipe dream, but you’ve made so many of those come true. Maybe Joss will still find a place for him!
Agree with you completely. He was terrific and terrifying as Leland Palmer…
LAURA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *dances with my laptop*
Very cool casting coup. I’m really excited for the season now. No one does creepy/evil with humor quite like him.
F*ck yeah!
YEEEEEESSSSSS!!!!!
Love Ray Wise. Brings evil and humor to everything he does.
Loves it.
This is awesome news. Spoiler alert on that Laura Palmer thing. I hope I forget it by the time I get around to watching that show.
Oh, please. That spoiler is twenty years old.
Yeah, but Twin Peaks is one of those iconic shows that is still spreading by word of mouth, and the final reveal of who did it is important to enjoying the show. Alright so the information is out there, but isn’t it respectful to those that haven’t got around to watching the show yet to keep that piece of information quiet?
seriously. i still planned on watching it one day and now??? oh well.
Besides, it was Bob who really killed Laura. Oops. TMI?
Yeah, because the only thing going on with that show was who killed Laura Palmer. Give me a break. That was publicity. Anyone who actually watched the show when it was on was watching it for all the other crazy stuff that was happening. Jesus gets crucified, too. Oh, sorry, SPOILER!
This wouldn’t matter, because he was the best thing about the show anyway!!!
Yay yay yay! One of the worst things about Reaper getting canceled was not seeing Ray Wise as the devil every weak – but this is definitely the next best thing.
FANNNNNNNNNNNTASTIC! What a great addition to the series.
GENIUS!
I like Wise, wish I liked Dollhouse enough to watch him in it.
check it out. it was one season. they were working out kinks and didn’t even know if they’d be back for a second.
I saw enough to know that, as long as there is one pile of unsorted paperclips on God’s earth, I will always have something better to do than watch “Dollhouse.”
I love Ray Wise and it will be awesome to see him on Dollhouse. I am just still really sad that Reaper was cancelled. The show was hillarious.
This is great news!! Ray Wise was brilliant on Reaper and I can’t wait to see him on Dollhouse!! However they should create a role for James Marsters further down the road on Dollhouse!
I’m happy with the choice, but I still wish James Marsters finds his way to Dollhouse or TV in general.
They just announced a few weeks ago that he would have a pretty major arc on Caprica, if I remember correctly.
Hey- it’s the professional hug guy!
Did anyone else see Wise play a priest on “Psych”? Very funny/odd to see the devil as an exorcist priest. LOVE James Marsters, but role sounds like a better fit for an older actor.
Yes I saw that. I thought it was funny him playing a priest when he had just played the devil!
Yep, I caught that. Had to explain it to my husband (who rarely watches TV). He appreciated the irony. Psych has gotten good at throwing those kinds of things in.
Great choice!
Ooooooh! Interesting!
What the CW did to Reaper was criminal, but thankfully Fazekas and Butters have saved the day by joining the writing staff of Dollhouse and bringing Ray Wise along for the ride. This is fantastic news. Now all we need is Jenny Wade cast as an Active. I’m waiting.
The alert code on every EW page is super annoying. Aside from that, I’m excited about this. Bummer that Reaper was canceled though and it would have been epic if James Marsters was cast instead.
I can live without James Marsters. And while it’s an impressive list, maybe if they spend less on all these guest stars, they could keep people we were getting invested in. Use the money spent on them to keep Amy Acker, for example.
Awesome, can’t wait.
I’m sorry that Reaper was cancelled, but this seems like perfect casting!
Andy – Amy Acker is coming back in a recurring roll, she can’t commit full time because she got her own lead roll in another show. I love Amy too but who turns down the lead roll in their own show to play second fiddle on someone else’s? Not much Joss could do there, at least he was able to keep her around some of the time. I can’t wait for all these guest stars, this is going to be one amazing season!
This means no James Marsters?????? Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!
I swear, they’re adding every actor I love to the new season of “Dollhouse”. It has to be awesome! Joss Whedon has excellent taste.
Why didn’t Ray Wise ever appear on Buffy. He was the perfect choice for the devil in Reaper. He’s gonna rock it on Dollhouse. I once saw him at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. He standing in the parking lot, sipping on a martini, watching Spike Lee in an all white suit direct traffic on the street. The next day he was a guest on the show I worked on, so we both had something to talk about.
WAY COOOOOL..I REALLY LIKE MR. WISE’ WORK..HE IS NOT ONLY TALENTED BUT BRINGS A CERTAIN TOUCH OF CLEVERNESS TO EACH ROLE HE PLAYS, I ALREADY LOVE DOLLHOUSE, BUT WILL ENJOY IT MORE NOW!!!
Holy crap, the cast for Dollhouse is stacked this year. Loved Ray in Reaper, and looking forward to what he brings to Dollhouse!