Joe Morton, Elizabeth Rodriguez & Jen Tullock Among 7 Joining Post-9/11 Limited Series ‘The Best Of Us’ As Production Begins

EXCLUSIVE: As cameras begin to roll on the Paramount+ limited series The Best of Us in New York City, 7 actors have joined the cast as guest stars. They include LaChanze (The Blacklist), Richard Schiff (The West Wing), Elizabeth Rodriguez (Orange Is the New Black), Joe Morton (Scandal), Jen Tullock (Severance), William Baldwin (Disaster Strike Force), and Keith W. Richards (Uncut Gems).

Character descriptions for the new additions are under wraps.

From writers Tobias Lindholm and Frank Pugliese, the 6-episode series The Best of Us dramatizes a landmark case that reshaped the fight for accountability: a relentless legal war that stretched nearly a decade to secure almost $1 billion in compensation for first responders who fell gravely ill in the wake of 9/11.

Jeremy Strong leads the cast as renowned class action lawyer Jason Smith, who risked everything to take on entrenched institutions, exposing the politics, greed, corruption, and betrayal that compounded tragedy, set against the emergency workers’ remarkable unity and bravery as the World Trade Center was collapsing.

In addition to Strong, the previously announced cast also includes Barry Pepper as Coach, a former NYPD police officer and 9/11 first responder suffering from leukemia due to his work at Ground Zero; Andrea Riseborough as Molly, Coach’s resilient wife; Neal Huff as Peter Allen, Jason’s pragmatic colleague at the law firm; Gaby Hoffmann as Kathleen McCormick, a seasoned FDNY firefighter and activist; Sky Yang as The Lost Son, a young and mysterious homeless man; and John Slattery as James Leavitt, a highly experienced and formidable defense lawyer.

Produced by Paramount Television Studios and Sister, the limited series is written, directed, and executive produced by Lindholm and written and executive produced by Pugliese. Strong is also an executive producer, along with Tony Hernandez.