If you loved "WandaVision," we've got good news. "Darkhold Diaries" is basically a big "WandaVision" reunion. Obviously, Kathryn Hahn will be cackling and conniving as Agatha Harkness, and she'll be joined by the likes of Emma Caulfield, Debra Jo Rupp, David Payton, David Lengel, Asif Ali, Amos Glick, Brian Brightman, and Kate Forbes. In "WandaVision," these actors all played dual roles — hilarious sitcom characters and terrified victims of Wanda Maximoff's curse.
For example, Emma Caulfield portrayed Westview queen bee Dottie Jones, who was actually Sarah Proctor. Debra Jo Rupp played the smiling Mrs. Hart, the wife of Vision's boss, but she was really the petrified Sarah Davis. Will these returning actors be playing the real Westview citizens, or will they somehow revert back to their sitcom personas? We can't wait to find out. We also can't wait to see the whole host of talented newcomers who are joining the series.
Aubrey Plaza of "Parks and Recreation" and "The White Lotus" fame has joined the cast, with Deadline saying she might be the villain of the piece. Naturally, the internet is all abuzz about who Plaza might be playing, with some surmising Mephisto (a secret MCU villain is always Mephisto) while others are guessing Death itself. She'll be joined by Broadway icon Patti LuPone, who's been more than happy to talk about her character. Speaking with "The View," LuPone revealed she was playing Lilia Calderu, who in the comics is a witch who protects the Book of Cagliostro and becomes an ally of Dr. Strange.
You can also expect to see Joe Locke of "Heartstopper" fame. In another candid interview, Patti LuPone told Entertainment Weekly, "We are a coven of witches, and the witches are Kathryn Hahn, Aubrey Plaza, and [a] familiar ... is Joe Locke." So it appears that Locke will be helping out Agatha some form, but will he appear as a human, or will he be more of a traditional witch's familiar and appear as some sort of animal, like a black cat? Additionally, "Darkhold Diaries" will star Sasheer Zamata ("Home Economics"), Miles Gutierrez-Riley ("The Wilds"), artist Okwui Okpokwasili, and Maria Dizzia ("Funny Pages").
