The Powers casting news keeps coming, with Deadline revealing Monday that British actress Lucy Punch has been cast as female lead Deena Pilgrim in the FX pilot.
Punch, 33, is probably best known to genre fans from her role in Edgar Wright’s 2007 film Hot Fuzz. Mostly seen in comedic roles, Punch has past US TV experience as part of the ensemble cast of the short-lived CBS sitcom The Class, and is co-starring in Bad Teacher, out this coming Friday. In February, Battlestar Galactica’s Katee Sackhoff made her interest in the role public via Twitter; a month later she was announced as the female lead in the A&E pilot Longmire.
Punch joins Bailee Madison, cast as Calista last week, and Charles S. Dutton as Captain Cross — the first cast announcement, made back in May. The role of male lead Christian Walker, Pilgrim’s homicide detective partner, has yet to be cast, though it was reported in March that FX was interested in Friday Night Lights and Super 8 star Kyle Chandler for the role.
Last week, Brian Michael Bendis, co-creator of the Powers comic book series and an executive producer on the television series, told Newsarama that the pilot should be filming in a few weeks.
June 20th, 2011 at 4:09 pm
nooo this can’t be
:L(:( Soooooo hoping for katee sackhoff this is her role 
:(:( PLEASE reconsider
June 20th, 2011 at 4:20 pm
i myself am bummed about this ,,,,the Deena character is a hard nosed, hard edged cop, which seems apparent even when shes relaxed. I also picture her as someone whose got the ‘thousand yard stare’ down pat. all of those are already on Katees resume, I have no question if she can pull it off, shes already done it, and done it well. Powers is, I hope and think, one of the better ways to tell a supers -story, and I think it deserves someone whose proven to ‘have the chops’ for the job which was katee sackhoff :S :S
June 20th, 2011 at 5:25 pm
I liked her in “You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger”. It is good to see someone fresh get the gig to build themselves up with rather than someone comfortable and safe that all of these people seem to be clamoring for.
June 20th, 2011 at 6:01 pm
Katee Sackhoff committed to a show on A&E, pretty much all but killed her chances for getting the part. Fact is, FX is pretty damn good when it comes to making critical hits (I didn’t say popular), casting is a part of that. So I’m willing to get a benefit of the doubt.
June 20th, 2011 at 8:31 pm
ugh..she is 5’8. Deena is a shortie. But as stated, we believe in FX
October 29th, 2011 at 6:51 am
She is phantastic!
Piet
October 29th, 2011 at 6:52 am
She is superior!
Piet