Chris Chalk is Headed to Gotham City
12 Years A Slave and Newsroom alum, Chris Chalk, has landed the role on the FOX Batman prequel, Gotham. Deadline reports Chalk as been cast as Wayne Enterprises’ resident tech genius, Lucius Fox. He is scheduled to appear the penultimate episode 21 of the series first season and will have the option to return for the previously announced second season.
Lucius Fox is Wayne Enterprises’ resident tech genius. In a corporation shadowed by nefarious dealings, Fox emerges as a moral beacon for young Bruce Wayne. His desire to help Bruce uphold Thomas Wayne’s legacy eventually will earn him a spot as one of the boy’s most important confidants. Indeed, in the comics, Fox goes on to become Wayne Enterprises President/CEO when Bruce Wayne becomes Batman. The role was played by Morgan Freeman in the Dark Knight trilogy.
GOTHAM airs MONDAYS at 8|9c on FOX
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