More cast members are added to the line-up of "The Good Wife" spin-off series, including Tony Award nominee Delroy Lindo and "Game of Thrones" star Rose Leslie.
CBS revealed that Lindo was tapped to portray the role of lawyer Robert Boseman, the lawyer who poaches Diane Lockhart's (Christine Baranski) clients and associates during the time that she went into financial trouble.
According to the press release from showrunners Robert and Michelle King that was reported by The Hollywood Reporter, Boseman is loved by all his clients, even if he intimidates his colleagues. "He needs to look like a Chicago lawyer, but have a Shakespearean facility with language, and Delroy Lindo was really the only actor who came to mind," the showrunners also said.
Before Lindo's casting announcement, the network revealed that Leslie will portray the role of Diane's goddaughter, Maia. She will reportedly join Diane's law firm immediately after she passed the bar exam. The British actress portrayed the role of the Wildling Ygritte in the epic HBO series "Game of Thrones."
"We needed a young actress who could hold her own with Christine Baranski and Cush Jumbo, and Rose is perfect. She's real, she's strong, and she can play comedy. If we designed an actress from the ground up, we couldn't have done better," the Kings said in the casting announcement that was released by TVLine.
The still untitled "The Good Wife" spin-off will deal with the events that happened a year after the end of the original series. According to Entertainment Weekly, Diane will have to face the challenges of losing all her savings due to a financial scam that also tainted the reputation of Maia. The two will have to join Lucca Quinn (Cush Jumbo) to work on one of the law firms in Chicago to rise from the controversy.
The upcoming "The Good Wife" spin-off will be aired exclusively on CBS All Access sometime in February 2017.
