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Tahmoh Penikett Cast in Dollhouse

Joss Whedon’s upcoming DOLLHOUSE just got a little more enticing for me! If the reteaming of Joss and Faith wasn’t enough to get the geek blood flowing, throw in a little Battlestar Galactica hotness and I’m hard already!

Helo Tahmoh Penikett will join the cast as an FBI Agent hot on Echo’s trail. Better than frakkin’ a toaster, oh wait… Echo’s not much more than a toaster though is she? Guess we’ll find out this fall!

From E!’s KDS (Kristin Dos Santos), here’s some more casting news:

Tahmoh Penikett as Paul Smith: 30s, good looks hardened by a cynical distaste for most of humanity. An FBI field agent, he’s been chasing the urban myth of the Dollhouse long enough to have lost any shot at promotion. Becomes obsessed with and a twisted romantic foil for Echo (Eliza Dushku).

Fran Kranz as Topher Brink: 20s, genius programmer who’s articulate, nerdily attractive and blithely amoral. He’s responsible for imprinting the Dolls—and making sure they stay unaware of anything. Is fascinated by the science and kind of digging the illegality. Fun to be around but might not be remotely trustworthy.

Dichen Lachman as Sierra: 20s, Asian (or certainly not Caucasian). Strikingly beautiful. A Doll like Echo, she has every personality in the world but her own. Is not as self-aware as Echo but is instinctively drawn to her as a friend.

Enver Gjokaj as Victor: 20s, handsome and fit. A Doll, and the other closest thing to a friend Echo has. Childlike when he’s inactive, and everything from Errol Flynn to a young DeNiro when he’s active.

I hope that some of the other Whedonverse kids make it into the cast as well. I’d love to see Amber Benson, Charisma Carpenter, Tom Lenk, Alan Tudyk or Sean Maher back on my tube week to week.

As you know, Joss Whedon and Eliza Dushku are once again teaming up for Fox’s DOLLHOUSE. Today some information is coming to light that makes me very excited. Not only did TVGuide give us a glimpse at the character breakdowns for the show, and another site posted some great Whedon alumni news!

According to TVBarn, two ANGEL writers/producers are jumping aboard the Dollhouse train and I couldn’t be happier! Elizabeth Craft and Sarah Fain recently released from Women’s Murder Club to get a little Whedonesque back in their lives. I miss Angel, especially Fred.

Now to the character scoop Ausiello released today:

  • ADELLE DEWITT: The fortyish iceberg who runs the Dollhouse where the human Etch-a-Sketches reside.
  • PAUL BALLARD: The thirtysomething G-man who is slated to become an offbeat love interest for Dushku’s “impressionable” Echo.
  • BOYD LANGTON: Echo’s handler and father figure.
  • TOPHER BRINK: The technogeek who enjoys his job as a Doll programmer maybe a little too much.
  • SIERRA: The knockout Doll who is as close to a friend as Echo has.
  • VICTOR: The distractingly handsome Doll who is called upon to play everyone from Errol Flynn to Robert DeNiro.
  • NOVEMBER: The Tracy Turnblad of the Dolls.
  • DR. CLAIRE SANDERS: The beautiful older woman with whom Topher is smitten.
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