EXCLUSIVE: The Vampire Diaries alum Matthew Davis and Alexander Hodge (Insecure) have been tapped as series regulars opposite Melissa Fumero, AnnaSophia Robb and Ben Rappaport in Grosse Pointe Garden Society, NBC‘s drama pilot from Jenna Bans, Bill Krebs and Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group.
The drama follows four members of a suburban garden club — including Birdie (Fumero), Alice (Robb) and Brett (Rappaport) — all from different walks of life, who get caught up in murder and mischief as they struggle to make their conventional lives bloom.
Davis plays Joel, a police officer, Misty’s husband and the father of their adopted son, Tom, whom Birdie (Fumero) takes an interest in. Burned out by his job and life in this suburban town, he just needs the slightest push to embrace a dark side of his own.
Hodge plays Doug, Alice’s (Robb) husband. He once had dreams of being a wildly successful artist, but like Alice, his dreams have dwindled over the years, and now fills his time by painting signs for local restaurants.
Maggie Kiley is directing the pilot, which she is executive producing with Bans via her Minnesota Logging Co., Krebs and Casey Kyber.
Davis is known for his role as Alaric Saltzman on the CW fantasy drama The Vampire Diaries, which he played for eight seasons and subsequently reprised on spinoff series Legacies. He is repped by
Brillstein Entertainment Partners and Mainstay Entertainment.
Hodge is known for playing Andrew on Issa Rae’s HBO series Insecure. He recently co-starred in the movie Joy Ride opposite Stephanie Hsu and Ashley Park and appeared on the Netflix series Wellmania. Hodge is repped by Innovative Artists, Brillstein and Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole.