Homeland star Rupert Friend is joining the cast of CBS All Access’ upcoming based-on-a-true-story occult drama Strange Angel, the streaming service announced Wednesday.
Friend will play Ernest Donovan, who CBS All Access describes as “the enigmatic neighbor of Jack Parsons (portrayed by Jack Reynor) who becomes the young scientist’s tour guide into the illicit underbelly of 1930s Los Angeles.
Friend will join Transformers’ Reynor, who it was previously announced will star as Jack Parsons, who was a pioneering rocket scientist by day and occultist by night.