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Italia Ricci will be starring in Netflix’s latest science fiction TV series, The Imperfects.

The Order’s Dennis Heaton and Shelley Eriksen have created the show about “three twenty-somethings who, following an experimental gene therapy, are turned into monsters who band together to hunt down the scientist responsible and force him to make them human again.”

Designated Survivor star Ricci will play Dr Sydney Burke, a brilliant scientist looking to fix her past mistakes, both professional and ethical, by allying with Abbi Singh (Rhianna Jagpal) – an ambitious geneticist whose eagerness to please is tested when her overpowering pheromones give her a Succubus-like control over anyone around her;  Juan Ruiz (Iñaki Godoy), an aspiring graphic novelist who is more comfortable exploring weird fantasy worlds in his work then he is experiencing them first hand after transforming into a beast he identifies as a Chupacabra; and Tilda (Morgan Taylor Campbell) – the driven lead singer of a punk band who sees her dreams shatter after she develops super-hearing and a destructive vocal power, giving her abilities similar to a Banshee. They all plan  to track down the scientist responsible for their grim fates.

Rhys Nicholson portrays Dr Alex Sarkov, a former child prodigy who refuses to let anyone or anything interfere with his goal of rewriting the human genome and ushering in the next stage of human evolution. Also cast are Celina Martin as Hannah Moore: another test subject of Sarkov and Burke’s experimental gene treatment, Hannah finds her allegiance torn between Abbi, Juan and Tilda and Finch. and Kyra Zagorskyb as Isabel Finch –  Vengeance-minded Finch could be Abbi, Juan and Tilda’s most formidable foe: She has her own reasons for finding Sarkov, and if she finds him before they do, they’ll never be able to shed their monstrous identities.