joined the full cast of
First Kill, giving face to the Fairmont and Burns families. Sarah Catherine Hook and Imani Lewis were previously announced as the leading cast members, Juliette Fairmont and Calliope Burns. MK xyz, Jonas Dylan Allen, and Roberto Mendez join
First Kill as additional cast members in the series, all in their debut series roles. Overall, the series is bolstered with young actors and a diverse cast a stark difference from typical shows in the vampire canon.
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short story by
New York Times best-selling author Victoria “V. E.” Schwab of the same name, follows teenage vampire Juliette as she’s pressured to take on her first kill as a member of her powerful vampire family. Her target, new girl in town Calliope, turns out to be a fearless vampire hunter from a long line of successful slayers. As the pair get to know each other, they begin to fall for one another. That’s right, Schwab’s not just sticking with that age-old Vampiric Homoe
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Chad is a delightful cringe-fest. Pedrad, who developed and wrote the series, stars as a 14-year-old Iranian American boy named Chad Amani. Raised by his single mother Naz (Saba Homayoon), Chad craves a male parental figure in his life. He also loves to routinely put himself in tricky situations and insert himself in conversations in order to be liked by his classmates. The show’s awkward humor is enough to make you wince, especially in how it triggers memories of high school, but
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As seen in this exclusive clip from the show’s third episode, “Ikrimah Breakup,” Chad walks in on his mother and her boyfriend Ikrimah (Phillip Mullings Jr.) during an intimate moment. He doesn’t mind, though. Chad doesn’t even realize what he’s interrupting because he’s overjoyed by the fact that the macho Ikrimah might just be his new father. Chad takes the awkward moment a step further by getting into bed with them and hugging Ikrimah, sweat be da