Rebel Season 1 – Cast details and more interesting updates!

Rebel is an upcoming drama television series on ABC. Krista Vernoff, showrunner of Grey’s Anatomy and its spin-off series Station 19, serves as showrunner on Rebel. The series is executive produced by Krista Vernoff, Alexandre Schmitt, Erin Brockovich, John Davis, John Fox, and Andrew Stearn. Rebel is produced by ABC Signature in association with Sony Pictures Television.

The official website of the series describes its premise as-

“Inspired by the life of Erin Brockovich today, Annie “Rebel” Bello is a blue-collar legal advocate without a law degree. She’s a funny, messy, brilliant and fearless woman who cares desperately about the causes she fights for and the people she loves. When Rebel applies herself to a fight she believes in, she will win at almost any cost.”

Erin Brockovich, the inspiration behind the series, and also a co-executive producer, said this about the series being made on her life-

“Rebel is not just my story, it is all of our stories. There is a hero that exists in all of us, and I am so excited for Krista Vernoff and ABC to bring their visionary storytelling to this series. The name ‘Rebel’ oozes self-empowerment, courage and rising above, even in the worst of circumstance.”

Cast of Rebel Season 1

Rebel stars  Katey Sagal as Annie “Rebel” Bello, John Corbett as Grady Bello, James Lesure as Benji, Lex Scott Davis as Cassidy, Tamala Jones as Lona, Ariela Barer as Ziggie, Kevin Zegers as Nate, Sam Palladio as Luke and Andy Garcia as Cruz.

Kevin Zegers & Sam Palladio Join Katey Sagal In Erin Brockovich-Inspired ABC Drama ‘Rebel’ https://t.co/5USySjwU23 pic.twitter.com/nY8WMDH6VI

— Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) September 23, 2020

Krista Vernoff, writer of the premiere episode, has said this about her experience working with this cast-

“I am thrilled to be working with a dream cast led by the extraordinary Katey Sagal with the incredible Tara Nicole Weyr directing. I could not be more excited about the series order for ‘Rebel’, and I’m so grateful for the support of Dana Walden, Karey Burke, Craig Hunegs, Jonnie Davis and all my partners at Walt Disney Television and ABC.”

Rebel received a 10-episode straight to series order on September 16, 2020. It is set to premiere some time in 2021, as part of ABC’s 2020-21 broadcast schedule.