Who are the big names in Fear The Walking Dead? THe Mexicans I think I seen before.

also I presume Morgans actor is kinda big in TWD but he been there for long. Negans to of course is a semi big one. But thats it no?

 

Don't take any issues with casting. I think all the actors are doing well in their assigned roles. Now as to whether the characters as written are likeable, or which ones have it together is another question.

But yes I think the actors are doing well.

 

I think they've all done well in the roles they were cast. I generally give the writers an F for the series, but there's always hope in Mudville.

I suspect Kim Dickens is the Big Recognizable Face of the series' casting. She's had a long history of films and TV. I first noticed her in the great li'l PALOOKAVILLE (1995), then the crime-drama TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES NM and the very fun ZERO EFFECT. Bruce Willis' MERCURY RISING (1998) was probably her biggest film-name to that point (although maybe the Gwyneth Paltrow version of GREAT EXPECTATIONS was more loaded with big names - but Kim was naturally relegated farther down the totem-pole).

She was given the lab-tech worker role in 2000's HOLLOW MAN (six-degree'd from Kevin Bacon, Elizabeth Shue and the wondrous chest of mirror'd Rhona Mitra). She's been placed in a number of decent films this century, and has been a steady on episode TV, too.

I suspect the casting agency considered her The Big Catch for the show.

But Kim's resumé is puny, time-wise, to Rubén Blades, who's been churning out films since 1983. Rubén's fallen on sparse Hollywood times since 2003, however, doing only a handful of appearances since then. And while Rubén has the longer history, he's seconded to the sad-faced Cliff Curtis and clutching at the coat-tails of "Strand" in this series. For now. We can always hope, though!

DougRay Scott is a fairly big cast name coming out of the UK, but it's unclear how long "Thomas Abigail" will last - DougRay is not going to be long without many other casting calls. His tanned face and blackened hair for his hispanic role only shows how many accents and looks he can offer to future producers.

If anyone stands to gain from this show, it's gotta be Colman Domingo, who isn't a stranger to TV or small-film, but I think he could be begging to be killed off so he can take every other role offered.

Michelle Ang has headlined small series before, and her Season 2 insertion as some tigress-to-be-explored will only help her career. I suspect she isn't merely waiting by the phone to ring, either.

 

I think the actors and characters are all great. The writing and directing are really lame.