For the fourth longest day of his life, Kiefer Sutherland’s Jack Bauer will be surrounded by a fresh group of friends and co-workers and quite possibly a new woman in his life.
With many of the old “24” characters either dead or reduced to cameos, only Sutherland seems assured of a full 24 episodes on the Emmy-winning Fox drama, although even that isn’t for sure.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, four actors have been cast for appearances of varying lengths on “24.” Viewers will have to wait until January to meet the characters played by Kim Raver, Nestor Serrano, Oscar nominee Shohreh Aghdashloo and Louis Lombardi.
Raver will play Audrey Raines, an aide to the secretary of defense. She also will be Jack’s new love interest. The actress has spent the past five years playing Kimberly Zambrano on NBC’s “Third Watch.”
Serrano (“The Day After Tomorrow”) and Aghdashloo (“House of Sand and Fog”) will play a Middle Eastern couple.
Lombardi (FBI agent Skip Lipari on HBO’s “The Sopranos”) will play a new agent at the Counter Terrorism Unit.
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Edited by Cara DiPasquale (cdipasquale@tribune.com) and Curt Wagner (cwwagner@tribune.com)
