'Legacies' Matthew Davis Cast in 'Grosse Pointe Garden Society' NBC Pilot

Two more have joined Grosse Pointe Garden Society, the upcoming NBC drama pilot from Jenna Bans (Good Girls, Grey’s Anatomy), Bill Krebs (Good Girls, No Tomorrow) and Universal Television.

Matthew Davis (Legacies, The Vampire Diaries) and Alexander Hodge (Insecure) have been added as series regulars, our sister site Deadline reports.

They join previously announced cast Melissa Fumero (Brooklyn Nine-Nine) AnnaSophia Robb (The Act, Dr. Death) and Ben Rappaport (For the People, Younger) in a story about members of a suburban garden club who get caught up in murder and mischief while struggling to make their conventional lives bloom.

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Davis is set to portray the burnt-out police officer Joel, with an adopted son Birdie (Fumero) takes an interest in. Hodge, meanwhile, will play Alice’s (Robb) husband Doug, a man who once dreamt of being a renowned artist but now paints signs for local restaurants.

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