The Secret Circle is Putting the Older Generation Front and Center.

The Secret Circle: Stars and Producers Share Details for the New CW Show

…A lot of CW shows have a tendency to cast parents as secondary characters and focus on the younger generation, but The Secret Circle pilot puts the next generation (played by Henstridge and Gale Harold) front and center.  EPs Miller and Hatem said that both Henstridge and Harold are such great actors (and they really are in these parts) that it would be crazy not to use them as much as they can.  As well “the multi-generational aspect is so endemic to our story that you can’t avoid it.  We’re going use them a ton…

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