page_title: Pilot (Ringer)
section_title: Casting
hierarchical_section_title: Pilot (Ringer) / Production / Casting
caption_attribution_description: Sarah Michelle Gellar at San Diego Comic-Con 2011 promoting Ringer.
context_page_description: "Pilot" is the pilot episode of the American television drama Ringer, which originally aired on The CW Television Network on September 13, 2011. The episode was written by Eric Charmelo and Nicole Snyder and directed by Richard Shepard. The episode achieved 2.84 million viewers on its initial broadcast; reaching a three-year high for The CW in the Tuesday 9:00pm time slot.
context_section_description: Casting announcements for the series began in January 2011. Sarah Michelle Gellar was the first to be cast. Gellar was cast to portray twin sisters Bridget Kelly and Siobhan Martin. Next to be cast was Nestor Carbonell as Victor Machado, followed by Ioan Gruffudd and Mike Colter, as Andrew Martin and Malcolm Howard, respectively. Tara Summers later joined the series as Gemma Gallagher, with Kristoffer Polaha being the last actor to be cast in March 2011, portraying Henry Gallagher.
caption: Sarah Michelle Gellar (pictured) was the first to be cast in the series.
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