Lucas Till Boards FX’s ‘The Spook Who Sat by the Door’ Following The End of ‘MacGyver’ Lucas Till has found his first role after the end of MacGyver. The 30-year-old actor will star opposite Nafessa Williams in FX’s The Spook Who Sat by the Door…
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MacGyver s Lucas Till, Black Lightning s Nafessa Williams Among Additions to Spook Who Sat by the Door Pilot at FX TVLine 1 day ago
Black Lightning), Nathan Darrow (
Devious Maids).
Spook stars Y’lan Noel (
Insecure) as Dan Freeman, the first Black operative in the CIA. A patriot, Vietnam veteran and, secretly, a revolutionary, Freeman goes through high-level combat and espionage training, only to be assigned to the “reprographics” (aka photocopying) department, positioned by the door so visitors can see there is a Black employee.
The forthcoming drama pilot is written by
Leigh Dana Jackson and will be directed by
Gerard McMurray,
theGRIO reported. Noel will play Dan Freeman in the series, the only Black CIA operative in government. Freeman is described as, “a patriot, a Vietnam vet, and secretly, a Black Revolutionary.”
The series is said to highlight “structural racism in the U.S.” Jackson will serve as showrunner on the series and will executive produce with Daniels, McMurray, and
Marc Velez. This is not the first adaptation of Sam Greenlee‘s 1969 novel. The book was adapted into a feature film back in 1973 with
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