Gina Torres Joins ‘9-1-1: Lone Star’ For Season 2

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Just as the UK gets the premiere date for Season 1 of ‘9-1-1: Lone Star‘, FOX has revealed some excellent casting news, as Gina Torres (‘Suits’, ‘Pearson’, and our beloved ‘Firefly’) joins the emergency services drama in a series regular in the upcoming 2nd Season.

‘9-1-1: Lone Star’, exploring the high-pressure experiences of police officers, firefighters and dispatchers who are thrust into the most frightening, shocking and heart-stopping situations. These emergency responders must try to balance saving those who are at their most vulnerable with solving the problems in their own lives.

Gina Torres is set to play Paramedic Captain Tommy Vega, who was at the top of her game when she hung up her uniform to raise her twin daughters. For eight years life was great until COVID-19 changed her life. With her husband’s restaurant going under, Tommy has no choice but to re-enter the workforce to support her family. Though it breaks her heart to be apart from her little girls, Tommy will show the world that no matter how much time has passed, when she puts on that uniform, she’s still a boss.

This sees Torres reunited with Tim Minear, co-creator of ‘9-1-1’ & ‘Lone Star’, who previously worked with her as exec producer and writer on ‘Firefly’. “We are so excited to be expanding our 9-1-1-verse with the addition of Gina Torres,” commented Minear. “I’ve been dying to write for her again ever since ‘Firefly.’ Gina brings warmth, intelligence and command to everything she does. 2020 is finally looking up.”

Torres is well known for her role as “Jessica Pearson” on the hit drama ‘Suits’, and most recently toplined and executive-produced short-living spin-off series ‘Pearson’. The role earned Torres an ALMA Award, an Imagen Award (as well as multiple additional Imagen nominations), the National Hispanic Media Coalition’s Award for Outstanding Performance in a Television Series and the Visionary Award from the LA Femme Film Festival. Along with playing the kick-ass Zoe Washburn on ‘Firefly’, her other notable roles include soul-eating Jasmine on ‘Angel’ (now coming to All4), along with popping up on ‘The Catch’, ‘Hannibal’, ‘The Vampire Diaries’, ‘Revenge’, ’24’, and ‘Pushing Daisies’.

‘9-1-1: Lone Star’ comes from creators Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Tim Minear, and is produced by 20th Television in association with Ryan Murphy Television and Brad Falchuk Teley-Vision. The trio exec produce the drama with Minear serving as showrunner on the series. The second season is scheduled to begin production in Los Angeles later this autumn and will premiere in early 2021 on FOX in the USA. The series airs on Sky Witness in the UK.

‘9-1-1: Lone Star‘ Season 1 premieres Tuesday, 22nd September 2020 at 10pm on Sky Witness and NOW TV in the UK.