Lena Heady joins Showtime pilot with some lighter family drama than what she's used to
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According to Variety, Lena Headey has joined the cast of Rita, a pilot for Showtime from Christian Torpe that’s based on Torpe’s own Danish TV series about a “headstrong, unconventional teacher and single mother who takes on every kind of authority—as well as her family—in a messy and unfiltered way.” Headey will be playing the eponymous Rita, with Showtime’s president of entertainment Jana Winograde saying that Heady is “a force” and that she’s “ideal to take on this wonderfully dynamic lead role.”