'The Last Ship' Season 3 Spoilers: 'Jane the Virgin' Alum Bridget Regan Joins Cast, Plot Tackles Rebuilding America
The third season of the post-apocalyptic drama "The Last Ship" is still far away from its premiere day but updates coming in have revealed that there will be new faces that will be joining the show. First in the list of new cast members is "Jane the Virgin" alum Bridget Regan. According to Deadline, the actress now has a series regular role in the show.
She will be playing a character named Sasha who is detailed to be a former Navy Intelligence Officer. In the show, she will be assigned to operate under diplomatic cover in China for the newly restructured United States government. Fans of Regan cannot wait to see her take a new role, which she juggles with her other projects including her return to "Jane the Virgin" and season 2 of "Agent Carter." She is also reported to start filming with "John Wick 2" next month.
Aside from Regan, Fernando Chien ("Ray Donovan") and Dichen Lachman ("Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.") have also been cast in recurring roles. This was revealed in a separate report by Deadline wherein it said that Chien will play the role of Peng who is the leader of what is left of China after the catastrophe brought by the plague. Meanwhile, Lachman will play the part of Jesse, a helicopter pilot.
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As of now, the third season of "The Last Ship" is still in the early stages of production. But a few hints of what to expect in the upcoming season were divulged by showrunners Steve Kane and Hank Steinberg during an interview with The Hollywood Reporter.
Kane revealed that season 3 will pick up from the last season's events including the part of handling a newly-reformed America. "That's the idea, that season three will be about moving forward, now attending to the task of rebuilding America and putting the world back in order," he said.
Steinberg also stated that they plan to widen the scope of the show even more as they bring the characters of the story into the wider world.
"The Last Ship" season 3 is scheduled to return in summer 2016 at TNT with 13 episodes.
