‘Virgin River’ Casts Mitchell Slaggert As Season 8 Starts Production

EXCLUSIVE: A brand new heartthrob is coming to Virgin River. Mitchell Slaggert (landman, The Sex Lives of College Girls) is about for a serious recurring function on the upcoming eighth season of the Netflix romantic drama, which not too long ago began manufacturing in Vancouver.

Slaggert will play Eddie, a charismatic EMT who could shock you by fixing your soul alongside together with your physique. He’s a laidback charmer who by no means pictured himself in a small city, however with pure curiosity and a zeal for all times, Eddie goes to discover all that Virgin River has to supply.

It is unclear who Eddie’s employer is however, given the character of his work, he seemingly could have interactions with Doc (Tim Matheson) and Mel (Alexandra Breckenridge) in addition to Fire Chief Kaia (Kandyse McClure) and, if he recovers shortly after the motorcycle crash in the Season 7 finalevolunteer firefighter Brady (Ben Hollingsworth).

And, given the character of Virgin River, Eddie will definitely become involved in romantic entanglements.

Slaggert has needed credentials — he performed Kimberly’s (Pauline Chalamet) love curiosity as a collection common on Season 2 of HBO Max’s The Sex Lives of College Girls. And he performed the title character and male lead reverse Sasha Pieterse within the Lifetime vacation film A Carpenter Christmas Romancewritten and govt produced by Sarah Drew.

To commemorate the beginning of manufacturing on Season 8 of Virgin RiverBreckenridge posted a selfie with co-lead Martin Henderson two weeks in the past. The collection’ typical timeline has been for a season to be launched a couple of 12 months after filming begins. (With Season 7, it was precisely one calendar 12 months.)