EXCLUSIVE: As soon as Upon A Time alumna Rebecca Mader is ready for a key recurring function on CBS’ drama sequence Fireplace Nation. Moreover, Kanoa Goo (The Rookie) has been forged within the sequence starring Max Thieriot.

Within the drama sequence, Thieriot portrays Bode Donovan, a younger convict looking for redemption and a shortened jail sentence by becoming a member of a jail launch firefighting program in Northern California, the place he and different inmates are partnered with elite firefighters to extinguish large, unpredictable wildfires throughout the area. It’s a high-risk, high-reward project, and the warmth is turned up when Bode is assigned to this system in his rural hometown, the place he was as soon as a golden all-American son – till his troubles started. 5 years in the past, Bode burned down all the things in his life, leaving city with an enormous secret. Now he’s again, with the rap sheet of a prison and the audacity to consider in an opportunity for redemption with Cal Fireplace.

Mader will play Faye. Sensible, beautiful, humorous and wealthy, Faye is the top of a non-public concierge firefighting firm, and when she meets Manny (Kevin Alejandro) at an AA assembly, there’s a romantic spark.  Faye desires to recruit him for her agency and a romantic fling. Manny likes his job, however doesn’t very similar to being alone, so Faye must accept reaching fifty per cent of her targets.

Goo will play Kyle, a swim Adonis, who has arrived to attend a swim clinic. He is aware of Gabriela (Stephanie Arcila) nicely sufficient to tease her, and seems focused on appearing as Bode’s new romantic rival. Gabriela undoubtedly regards Kyle as a trusted buddy, however he seems to be suspiciously like he’s attempting to nudge his method into her coronary heart.

Fireplace Nation, from Jerry Bruckheimer Tv and CBS Studios, is impressed by Thieriot’s experiences rising up in hearth nation and stems from an unique concept by the actor, who additionally co-penned the story for the pilot with its writers, Tony Phelan and Joan Rater.

Mader is perhaps finest recognized for her function as Zelena, the Depraved Witch of the West, on ABC’s As soon as Upon a Time. She additionally starred on the ABC comedy sequence Work It and co-starred on the community’s drama sequence Misplaced. Her movie credit embrace The Satan Wears Prada and Iron Man 3. Mader is repped by Modern Artists.

Goo recurs as Assistant District Lawyer Chris Sanford on ABC’s hit police procedural The Rookie. On the movie aspect, he starred alongside Constance Wu within the Sundance-premiering indie, I Was a Easy Man and just lately began taking pictures the indie Chaperone, written and directed by Zoë Eisenberg in her solo function debut. Goo is repped by Artists & Representatives and Leisure 360.