Odette Annable To Star In ‘Astronaut Wives Club’

Odette Annable To Star In ABC Series ‘Astronaut Wives Club’

House alumna Odette Annable is set as one of the main leads in ABC‘s 10-episode summer drama series Astronaut Wives Club, from Fake Empire, Groundswell Productions and ABC Studios. Written by Stephanie Savage based on Lily Koppel’s novel, it tells the real story of the women who stood beside some of the biggest heroes in American history during the height of the space race. Annable will play Trudy Cooper, the youngest of the Astro-wives and a licensed pilot herself.

A tomboy with aspirations of her own, her forward thinking challenges not just her husband but the other wives. Annable was an early choice for the role, which marks her second consecutive pilot-season casting at ABC. Last year, she starred in the drama pilot Westside. Annable, repped by UTA and Evolution, has been recurring on Cinemax’s Banshee and CBS’ Two And A Half Men.

Six wives of the seven Mercury astronauts pose on April 27, 1962 at a luncheon held in their honor by the American Newspaper Women s Club in Washington DC. Left to right are: Annie Glenn (Mrs. John Glenn); Rene Carpenter (Mrs. Scott Carpenter); Louise Shepard (Mrs. Alan Shepard); Betty Grissom (Mrs. Virgil Grissom); Trudy Cooper (Mrs. Leroy Cooper) and Bobbie Slayton (Mrs. Donald Slayton). Jo Schirra (Mrs. Walter Schirra) was not in attendance.

Roger 

Summer shows does relatively well among intended demo - quality or not. AWC is based on a novel so it should be relatively easy to set up the initial plot line and fleshing out characters back-story quickly and without much fuss. Experienced showrunner. Start filming in Houston next month (April to mid-end of May). It's a 10 episoder. I do expect Odette to be on Banshee S3...I'm guessing as a recurring rather than part of the main cast. Hoping I'm wrong. We have to wait for Greg's next move.