Casting

Casting for “The Gifted” began in January of 2017, after months of “exploratory casting” that would ramp up once the pilot was officially picked up. Among the first chosen were Blair Redford as the leader of the renegade mutants Thunderbird, Jaime Chung as the mutant Blink, Stephen Moyer as as series lead Reed Strucker and Sean Teale as the mutant Eclipse.

In March, Natalie Alyn Lind, who previously played a role in Fox’s “Gotham,” joined as one of the lead child stars Lauren Strucker and then followed by Amy Acker as her mother Caitlin, Emma Dumont as the mutant Polaris, Percy Hynes White as the second Strucker child Andy and Coby Bell as the ‘morally ambiguous’ Jace Turner.

Even as late as September, casting was continued as Garrett Dillahunt joined as recurring series villain Roderick Campbell and Jermaine Rivers as the mutant Shatter.

Casting for background characters, particularly high school students, have occurred throughout the years as the show continued to film. The show’s cast has bolstered its anticipation among critics, including Teale who has been noted as one of television’s rising new stars.