Fairly Legal: Ryan Johnson Joins Season 2 cast-TVLine

USA Network’s Fairly Legal is expanding its ranks for Season 2, starting with the addition of Aussie actor Ryan Johnson as a new series regular.

An alum of such Down Under fare as Home and Away and Out of the Blue, Johnson will play Ben Grogan, a sharp, up-and-coming trial attorney who is not as concerned with “the right and wrong” of a situation as he is maximizing his financial gain. Our sister site Deadline first reported on his casting.

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Sources tell TVLine that Ben could emerge as a possible new romantic interest for series lead Sarah Shahi’s Kate, with whom he will at times professionally spar.

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This article was written by Matt Webb Mitovich.

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