EXCLUSIVE: Aidan Wojtak-Hissong ( Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret ), Jeremy Walmsley ( Cross ) and Dylan Taylor ( Covert Affairs ) are set for recurring roles in The Westies , MGM+ ‘s upcoming crime series from Chris Brancato, co-creator, executive producer, and showrunner, and Michael Panes. They join previously announced leads J.K. Simmons , Titus Welliver , Tom Brittney and Jessica Frances Duke.
The Westies is set in the early 1980s when the construction of the Jacob Javitz Convention Center on the Westies’ home turf in Hell’s Kitchen promises a financial windfall for the Irish-American organized crime gang. Despite being outnumbered 50-to-1 by the Five Families of the Italian mafia, The Westies’ legendary brutality and cunning have given them the leverag