In April Patently Apple posted a report titled "Apple Orders a 10-part anthology series titled 'The Crowded Room,' a gripping anthology series that will explore the true and inspirational stories of those who have struggled and learned to successfully live with mental illness.

Last Thursday, Deadline reported that "Oscar nominee Amanda Seyfried is set to play the female lead opposite Tom Holland in "The Crowded Room," Apple’s seasonal anthology series from A Beautiful Mind‘s Akiva Goldsman and New Regency.

Today we're learning that the cast is quickly filling out with four new actors being announced. Holland, who is also executive producing, is starring as a man named Danny Sullivan. The Hollywood Reporter writes that Emma Rossum has been chosen to play the role of Sullivan’s mother, who is always looking for a man to fulfill her dreams of salvation.

Seyfried is playing a clinical psychologist faced with the most challenging case of her career, who is also trying to balance her life as a single mother.

Today, a Deadline report adds that an additional three actors were cast. Sasha Lane (Conversations with Friends) Christopher Abbott (Catch-22) and Emma Laird (Mayor of Kingstown) round out the cast of The Crowded Room.

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Lane will play Ariana, Danny’s closest friend and ally, together they seek revenge for the pains of their past.

Abbott portrays Stan, Danny’s lawyer and a Vietnam veteran processing the trauma from his past.

Laird is Isabel. Danny’s friend from high school, who recognizes his talent and heart in a way no one else does.

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