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Lily Cardone (Bloodline) and Lowrey Brown (Hillbilly Elegy)  will play recurring characters in Prime Video’s new SF series, Lightyears.

Deadline reports that the pair will play younger versions of the two central characters Irene and Franklin York – portrayed by Sissy Spacek and JK Simmons in the contemporary scenes. The show, written by Holden Miller, follows the Yorks who years ago discovered a chamber buried in their backyard that inexplicably leads to a strange, deserted planet. Although they’ve carefully guarded their secret ever since, when an enigmatic young man enters their lives, their quiet existence is quickly upended — and the mysterious chamber they thought they knew so well turns out to be much more than they could ever have imagined.

Brown’s Young Franklin (seen at ages 21-30) is entranced by Irene from the first time he sees her, through their first years together as newlyweds and as young parents. Cardone’s Young Irene (seen as a young woman from ages 19-30) is surprised to find herself charmed by Franklin, but later throws herself into building their life as a family, her work as a teacher, and parenting their son Michael.