Just a day after casting Andy Bean and Derek Mears in the roles of Alec Holland and Swamp Thing respectively, the upcoming DC Universe series Swamp Thing has made another casting addition. According to Deadline, Riverdale‘s Henderson Wade is the latest to join the show. He will appear in the series regular role of Matt Cable, the son of Jennifer Beal’s Sheriff Lucilia Cable.
Matt Cable is a Louisiana lawman who finds himself in dire straits when supernatural evil threatens the town he’s sworn to protect. Crystal Reed’s Abby Arcane has a long history with Matt as she was his childhood crush. The character was introduced in the first issue of the Swamp Thing comic as a federal agent assigned to protect Alec Holland. When Holland presumably dies in the swamp, Cable blames the creature known as Swamp Thing, unaware that it and Holland are now one and the same.
Swamp Thing follows what happens when CDC researcher Abby Arcane returns to her childhood home of Houma, Louisiana, in order to investigate a deadly swamp-borne virus. There, she develops a surprising bond with scientist Alec Holland — only to have him tragically taken from her. But as powerful forces descend on Houma, intent on exploiting the swamp’s mysterious properties for their own purposes, Abby will discover that the swamp holds mystical secrets, both horrifying and wondrous — and the potential love of her life may not be gone after all.
The pilot for Swamp Thing is being directed by Len Wiseman (Underworld), with James Wan (Aquaman) executive producing. The cast of the series includes Crystal Reed (Gotham) as Abby Arcane, Andy Bean (It: Chapter Two) as Alec Holland, Will Patton (Halloween) as Avery Sutherland, Maria Sten (Channel Zero) as Liz Tremayne, Jennifer Beals (The L World) as Sheriff Lucilia Cable, Jeryl Prescott (The Walking Dead) as Madame Xanadu, Virginia Madsen (American Gothic) as Maria Sunderland, Henderson Wade (Riverdale) as Matt Cable, and Derek Mears (Friday the 13th) as Swamp Thing.
