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‘Virgin River’ Boss on Expanding Franchise With Prequel: ‘We Hit Gold’ With Jessica Rothe and Callum Kerr
The story of the "Virgin River" prequel, starring Jessica Rothe and Callum Kerr, is introduced in Season 6.
Luckily, he found Jessica Rothe and Callum Kerr to take on the roles of Mel’s parents, Sarah Jensen and Everett Reed. It was always the plan that this could potentially be a back-door pilot, introducing this new timeline, so we cast with that in mind,” Smith tells Variety ahead of the Season 6 drop, during which Rothe and Kerr make their debut. John Allen Nelson portrays Everett in present day — and from the moment they cast him, they knew they wanted to dissect more of the relationship.
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