Williams Plays in Whedon's DOLLHOUSE
By: Jarrod SarafinDate: Friday, April 04, 2008
Source: Variety
Actress Olivia Williams (X-Men: The Last Stand) has joined the cast of Joss Whedon's upcoming sci-fi series "Dollhouse" at Fox. Variety reports that Williams will play the beautiful but ruthless woman in charge of the venue where drones are programmed to perform various missions in the real world. Williams joins leading star Eliza Dushku, Tahmoh Penikett, Fran Kranz, Dichen Lachman and Enver Gjokaj.
Plot Concept: "Dollhouse" revolves around a group of young men and women, aka "Dolls," who are imprinted with different personalities for different assignments. They have no memories of their previous lives, until Echo (Dushku) begins to try to find out who she was. Penikett will play Paul Smith, an FBI field agent obsessed with the urban myth of Dollhouse and a twisted romantic foil for Echo.
Kranz will play Topher Brink, a twentysomething genius programr responsible for imprinting the dolls.Lachman will play Sierra, a doll like Echo and her friend, who has every personality in the world but her own. Gjokaj will play Victor, also a doll and a friend of Echo's, who is childlike when he's inactive, and everything from Errol Flynn to young DeNiro when he's active.





So is Tahmoh Penikett leaving BSG?