Lucy Lawless Stars in ‘Spartacus: House of Ashur’ with Newly Announced Cast

STARZ has announced additional casting for its epic new series Spartacus: House of Ashur. Entering the arena are Dan Hamill (Love Child, House Husbands) as Celadus, Andrew McFarlane (The Newsreader, The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart) as Gabinius, Jackson Gallagher (Glitch, Playing for Keeps) as Caesar, Jaime Slater (Pacific Rim Uprising, Daredevil) as Cornelia, Simon Arblaster (Shortland Street, A Love Yard), as Proculus, Arlo Gibson (The Sounds, Nude Tuesday) as Opiter, Cameron Rhodes (Housebound, Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring) as Uvidus, Evander Brown (The Dead LandsWe Are Still Here) as Ephesius, Graham Vincent (Don’t Make Me Go, My Life is Murder) as Hedylus, Louis Hunter (Troy: Fall of a City, The Fosters) as Erato, Donald Ross (My Life is Murder) as Salvius and Duane Wichman Evans (Shortland StreetAvatar) as Dacus. All join in guest star roles.
 
They join previously announced cast members Nick Tarabay (Asher), Lucy Lawless (Lucretia), Graham McTavish (Korris), Tenika Davis (Achillia), Jamaica Vaughan (Hilara), Ivana Baquero (Messia), Jordi Webber (Tarchon), Claudia Black (Cossutia), India Shaw-Smith (Viridia), and Leigh Gill (Satyrus).
 
Spartacus: House of Ashur will be a history-bending, erotic, thrilling, roller-coaster experience that builds on everything that made the original series a colossal hit. The series poses the question: what if Ashur, played by fan favorite Nick Tarabay, hadn’t died on Mount Vesuvius at the end of Spartacus: Vengeance? And what if he had been gifted the gladiator school once owned by Batiatus in return for aiding the Romans in killing Spartacus and putting an end to the slave rebellion?

Spartacus: Blood and Sand debuted on STARZ in 2010 and was followed by a prequel series chapter Spartacus: Gods of the Arena in 2011 and two additional series Spartacus: Vengeance in 2012 and Spartacus: War of the Damned in 2013.

Spartacus creator, writer and executive producer Steven S. DeKnight (Daredevil) serves as showrunner and executive producer. Spartacus: House of Ashur is produced by Lionsgate Television for STARZ. Production on the 10-episode season is underway in New Zealand.

Sarah Toce

Screenwriter & Journalist | Sarah Brusig (Toce) is an appointed member of the King County Women's Advisory Board and an elected precinct committee officer (PCO) in Burien, WA. As a healthcare worker, Sarah is represented by SEIU 1199NW. In 2010, Sarah created the online news source The Seattle Lesbian, LLC, which still receives upward of 100,000 readers per month. A recipient of McCormick's New Media Women Entrepreneur Award in 2012, Sarah was invited to the White House by President Barack Obama in 2015. That same year, GO Mag recognized Sarah as one of their Red-Hot Entrepreneurs in media.​ In 2016, the National Diversity Council honored Sarah with their LGBT Leadership Award. Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) recognized Sarah's advocacy work with the Community Builder Award in 2017, the same year Curve Magazine named Sarah one of their Top Women in Media & Publishing. Sarah served a two-year term as president of the Society of Professional Journalists - Western Washington Chapter beginning in 2018 and was elected Communications Vice Chair of the King County Democrats in 2021.

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