According to HitFix, Yvonne Strahovski (24: Live Another Day, Dexter) has been cast in the upcoming ABC drama Astronaut Wives Club, which will reunite her with Chuck co-creator Josh Schwartz.
The upcoming series is based on the best-selling book of the same name by Lily Koppel, and tells the story of the women behind NASA’s early astronauts and how they dealt with becoming overnight celebrities just as their husbands prepared for space flight. Strahovski will play Rene Carpenter, the wife of Mercury astronaut Scott Carpenter. Carpenter is described as a woman with “modern attitudes [that] are a source of both conflict and courage for the other Astrowives. Over time, Rene finds her own voice and awakens to a higher calling in politics, civil rights and women’s issues.”
Strahovski joins a cast that includes JoAnna Garcia Swisher (The Internship, The Mindy Project) and Odette Annable (Cloverfield, Banshee).
Originally published October 1, 2014. Updated April 11, 2018.
