James Cromwell leads new cast additions to HBO’s The Young Pope
HBO and Sky have filled out the cast for The Young Pope, their new miniseries starring Jude Law as Pius XIII, the hip, fresh pontiff who’s ready to rap with all the kids. The biggest name among the newly cast crew is James Cromwell, operating in “genial mentor” mode as Cardinal Michael Spencer, who guides Kid Pope (real name: Lenny Belardo) through his new position as the leader of both one of the world’s major religions, and also a whole crew of halberd-wielding knight dudes. (Cromwell presumably reserves the right to switch over into “sinister, vaguely avuncular bad guy” mode as the series’ story dictates.)