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A lead star from Netflix hit Wednesday has been dropped from the series.
The cast list for the forthcoming second season, which has commenced filming, was announced on Tuesday (7 May), with Jenna Ortega set to return in the title role after her shock departure from another Netflix project.
Fans will notice that Percy Hynes White, who played psychic student Xavier Thorpe in season one, is absent from the list – a development that follows allegations of sexual misconduct the actor faced, and denied , last year.
Jamie McShane and Naomi J Ogawa will also not be returning as Donovan Galpin and Yoko Tanaka but, unlike their characters, Hynes White was very much established as a major player going into season two. Thre actor has since addressed his absence from the season two cast …
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