{"id":67275,"date":"2013-10-29T23:21:12","date_gmt":"2013-10-29T23:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2013\/10\/29\/morris-chestnut-lands-regular-role-on-tnts-legends\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T08:50:07","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T08:50:07","slug":"morris-chestnut-lands-regular-role-on-tnts-legends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/morris-chestnut-lands-regular-role-on-tnts-legends\/","title":{"rendered":"Morris Chestnut lands regular role on TNT’s ‘Legends’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Morris Chestnut lands regular role on TNT’s ‘Legends’<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n

October 29, 2013<\/p>\n

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Morris Chestnut<\/strong> has landed a series regular role opposite Sean Bean<\/strong> in the upcoming TNT drama, ‘Legends,’<\/strong> which will air 10 episodes in 2014.<\/p>\n

According to THR<\/a>, the series, which was originally was developed for NBC from Homeland’s executive producer Howard Gordon<\/strong>, follows deep-cover operative Martin Odum (Game of Thrones’ Bean), who has an uncanny ability to transform himself into a different person for each job. But his own identity comes into question when a mysterious stranger suggests that Martin isn\u2019t who he thinks he is.<\/p>\n

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Chestnut will play Antonio “Tony” Cimarro, a quick-witted FBI deep cover operative. He’s an extremely smart guy with an even smarter mouth who’s charming, athletic and has a natural born talent for assuming “legendsd.”<\/p>\n

Cimarro has a rivalry with his older and more-experienced colleague, Martin, but the latter is in a league of his own when it comes to undercover work — something Tony is loathe to admit to himself or others. The character is an ambitious workaholic, a trait he inherited from his Dominican parents, who thrives on putting his skills to use in high-priority and high-risk cases involving national security at the FBI’s Department of Covert Operations.<\/p>\n

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Also included in the cast are Ali Larter, Rob Mayes, Tina Majorino, Steve Harris, Amber Valletta<\/strong> and Lux Haney Jardine<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Morris recently completed a two-years stint on Showtime\u2019s Nurse Jackie<\/strong> and was previously a series regular on ABC’s V<\/strong>. He will next be seen on the big screen, reprising his role in Malcolm D. Lee’s The Best Man Holiday<\/strong>, a sequel to his 1999 film, The Best Man<\/strong>. His other 2013 film credits include Kick-Ass 2<\/strong> and Identity Thief<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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