Nestor Carbonell Joins The Smart One
TVNestor Carbonell has signed on to join ABC’s new comedy pilot. The Smart One will also star Portia de Rossi and Malin Akerman with Ellen Degeneres as executive producer. Depending on how well the show does, his role on The Ringer may change. I didn’t even know he was on TV right now. I’m so bummed I haven’t been watching. We love him!
From TVLine:
Ringer G-man Nestor Carbonell has joined The Smart One, ABC’s red-hot comedy pilot starring Portia de Rossi and Malin Akerman as dueling sisters.
The single-camera project, which counts Samantha Who? co-creator Donald Todd and De Rossi’s real-life spouse Ellen DeGeneres among its executive producers, centers on polar opposite siblings Jude (aka “The Smart One,” played by De Rossi) and Candy (“The Dumb One,” played by Akerman).
Carbonell is playing Jude’s ex, a wealthy real estate developer who has a Moonlighting-type relationship with her.
What does this mean for the Lost vet’s current role as FBI agent Machado on Ringer? I’m told Carbonell will appear in the Smart One pilot as a guest star. And while his contract with the potential new comedy does contain a series regular option, it’s in second position (see definition) to Ringer.
The Smart cast also includes David Arquette as Candy’s husband, Buddy, and Jean Smart as the girls’ mom.
