The Fall of The House of Usher: Who is in the cast?
ONE BY one, members of an affluent family are killed off in The Fall of The House of Usher.
The Netflix horror series is based on a short story of the same name by Edgar Allen Poe.
Who is in The Fall of The House of Usher cast?
The Fall of The House of Usher cast includes:
- Carla Gugino as Verna
- Bruce Greenwood as Roderick Usher
- Zach Gilford as Young Roderick Usher
- Mary McDonnell as Madeline Usher
- Willa Fitzgerald as Young Madeline Usher
- Henry Thomas as Frederick Usher
- Kate Siegel as Camille L’Espanaye
- Rahul Kohli as Leo Usher
- Sauriyan Sapkota as Perry Usher
- Samantha Sloyan as Tamerlane Usher
- Crystal Balint as Morella Usher
- T’Nia Miller as Victorine LaFourcade
- Katie Parker as Annabel Lee
- Kyleigh Curran as Lenore
- Michael Trucco as Lucas Griswald
- Matt Biedel as William ‘Bill-T’ Wilson
- Ruth Codd as Juno
- Carl Lumbly as Auguste Dupin
Regarding her lead role as Verna in House of Usher, Carla Gugino told the platform’s subscribers: “It’s bats**t crazy in the best possible way.
“It has quite a lot of very dark humor but also really touches the soul.
“There is a fantastical supernatural element to the story and she is the manifestation of that.
“You could say she’s the executor of fate or the executor of karma.”
She added: “Unfortunately, most people are made of who they are from the start, and so they rarely change their minds.
“But I think that the cool thing about Verna is that she always has some kind of…if not faith, fascination in human beings.
“She is always waiting for the occasional one that will actually make a different decision.”
Gugino’s Verna is supposedly an entity that is inspired by The Raven, another work by Edgar Allen Poe.
In the show, Verna targets the wealthy siblings Roderick and Madeline Usher; played by Bruce Greenwood and Mary McDonnell.
“Roderick Usher is a guy who has never had to pay for any trespass,” Greenwood said while describing his character.
He shared with Netflix: “He’s moved forward in his life without impediment at the expense of everybody and everything around him.”
McDonnell chimed in and explained: “Mike was really examining the greed that is at the core of really all of our problems on the planet, and the narcissism of greed and the havoc that can wreak.”
What is House of Usher about?
Siblings and business partners Madeline and Roderick Usher are the heads of Fortunato Pharmaceuticals, the successful family business that they both oversee.
The Usher family’s past secrets of greed and power are revisited when they are attacked by Verna, a shapeshifter who is determined to make the Ushers pay for their misdeeds.
The heirs to the fortune are picked off as the Ushers experience loss after loss.
In addition to House of Usher and The Raven, the show’s storylines and subplots are inspired by Poe’s other literature as well.
Where can I watch House of Usher?
On October 12, 2023, The Fall of The House of Usher was released to Netflix.
Directed by Mike Flanagan, the miniseries spans eight episodes.