September 01, 2017
Actress Shohreh Aghdashloo has signed on for a recurring role in the new Netflix series based on Marvel Comics “The Punisher.”
The film series is billed as especially violent and may not be to everyone’s tastes.
Entertainment Weekly reports that Aghdashloo has been added to the cast as Dinah Madani (Amber Rose Revah)’s mom Farah Madani. The successful psychiatrist, who is Iranian by birth but was raised in the US, provides her daughter, a Homeland Security agent, some much-needed insight into Frank Castle (Jon Bernthal) and his Punisher persona.
Aghdashloo is well-known for her role as Chrisjen Avasarala, one of the most influential people in the UN, on SyFy’s “The Expanse.” She was nominated for an Academy Award for her work in 2003’s “House of Sand and Fog.”
It’s unclear where exactly “The Punisher” will pick up in the life of Castle, but the first teaser makes clear that, whenever it is, Castle isn’t in a good place emotionally. He’s seen struggling with the memories of his past sins, even referring to himself as the Devil. It looks like someone is in desperate need of a therapist. Paging Dr. Madani!
“The Punisher” arrives on Netflix sometime later this year.