Dante’s Cove Adds Jenson Atwood and Jill Bennett to Cast

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Dante’s Cove Adds Jenson Atwood and Jill Bennett to Cast
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          May 12, 2007
          
        
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Jenson Atwood and Jill Bennett are joining the cast of Dante's Cove, a supernatural soap on Here TV. Atwood plays Griff, a bi playboy, and Bennett is the third leg in a lesbian love triangle.
Bennett's feature credits include a role in Here Films' In Her Line of Fire, opposite Mariel Hemingway, and she will be featured in the upcoming X's & O's. Atwood is known for his role in the Logo series Noah's Arc as well as starring opposite Halle Berry in Oprah Winfrey's television movie adaptation of Their Eyes Were Watching God.
Other casting additions for this season include Jenny Shimizu and Reichen Lehmkuhl.
The show's third season premieres this October. (The Advocate)

        
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