Latest “Three Rivers” Casting and Shooting News

Four-time Emmy winning actress Alfre Woodard (Desperate Housewives, The Practice) has been cast in Three Rivers opposite Alex O’Loughlin and will be taking on the role of Dr. Sophia Jordan, head of surgery at Three Rivers Hospital. This is the role portrayed by Julia Ormond in the pilot episode of the show.

According to TVOvermind, Dr. Andy Yablonski (Alex O’Loughlin) and Dr. Miranda Foster (Katherine Moennig), who are a little too passionate for the patients in the show, will butt heads with Dr. Jordan.

There is no news yet on the recasting of Joaquim de Almeida’s role of  “villainous hospital administrator”, but TV Over Mind does also mention Amber Clayton’s recurring role of Andy’s love interest/transplant organ liaison and is positive about the casting of Alfre Woodard:

I had a chance to watch the original pilot of the drama premiering October 4^th at 9/8c on CBS a little while back, and this casting of Alfre Woodard gives a little more in the project. Julia Ormond was particularly bland and unresponsive in the pilot and did not look like she wanted to be there. The pilot as a whole was interesting but did not captivate me the way I would like, which is something that hopefully will be fixed by the re-shoot of the episode in the styling and writing of the medical drama.

Rob Owen reports in his Tuned In Journal that Alex O’Loughlin and Katherine Moennig are expected back in Pittsburgh in August to do some more location shooting:

Note to rabid O’Loughlin fans: If I knew when and where filming will take place, I would include that information. I do not. If it becomes available, I will post it.

Read the full articles:

• July 31: BET.com: “Alfre Woodard Joins Cast of New Medical Drama”
• July 30: News OK/Bam’s Blog: “Alfre Woodard Joins Cast of Upcoming TV Medical Drama ‘Three Rivers’”
• July 30: EURweb: “Alfre Woodard Joins CBS’ ‘Three Rivers’: Actress to Replace Julia Ormond as Hospital’s Head of Surgery”
• July 30: Pitssburgh Post-Gazette: “TV Land Adds More Reality to its Lineup”
• July 29: UPI: “Woodard Hooks on with ‘Three Rivers’”
  
• July 29: HitFix: “Alfre Woodard Floats to ‘Three Rivers’”
• July 29: TheTwoCents.com: “Alfre Woodard Joins CBS’ Three Rivers”
• July 29: Zap2It: “Casting Call: Alfre Woodard Joins Alex O’Loughlin’s ‘Three Rivers’”
• July 28: TVOvermind: “Alfre Woodard is Moving to ‘Three Rivers’”
• July 28: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: “Alfre Woodard Joins ‘Three Rivers’; Filming in Pittsburgh Next Month”
• July 28: The Hollywood Reporter: “Alfre Woodard Joins ‘Three Rivers’”
• July 27: BuzzSugar: “Gabrielle Union and Alfre Woodard Book Roles”
  

Tags: alex o’loughlin, three rivers, alfre woodard, katherine moennig, alex o’lachlan, cbs, andy yablonski

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