'Criminal Minds' Season 11 Cast News, Spoilers: Veteran Actress Francis Fisher To Guest Star As A 'Crazy UnSub'
CBS' hit police procedural drama TV series "Criminal Minds" Season 11 is currently in hiatus. The show, however, dropped some important casting announcements this week ahead of its return this Wednesday, Apr. 13.
According to the report from TVLine, veteran actress Frances Fisher has landed a guest-starring role on the show.
Fisher is best known for playing the part of Leonardo DiCaprio's Jack Dawson's widowed mother, Ruth, in the 1997 blockbuster "Titanic." In the small screen, her current works include a stint in ABC's "Resurrection."
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In "Criminal Minds," the media outlet revealed that the 63-year-old will appear in the penultimate episode for Season 11, entitled "Devil's Backbone" which airs this Apr. 20.
In an interview, series executive Erica Messer revealed that Fisher's part would be that of a certain Antonia Slade. The character is described as a "crazy UnSub who was put away by [Mandy Patinkin's] Jason Gideon 15 years ago."
As further revealed, Slade and her husband have been involved in an operation in which they set up a "runaway hotline for teens." However, they often tend to be so harsh to those who didn't behave or comply with the house rules.
Written by Sharon Lee Watson and directed by Felix Enriquez Alcala, Messer teases the episode to be "very interesting and creepy/psychological." It is yet to be known but for some reasons, the BAU team will be summoned to look at the "illustrious inmate."
"She's amazing! We've been wanting to work with Frances Fisher for years and it never worked out, and we're so glad it didn't, because she was made to be this UnSub for us," Messer speaks about Fisher.
For the meantime, The Futon Critic posted the synopsis for Episode 20 called "Inner Beauty."
"The BAU searches for an UnSub who is purposely disfiguring victims. Also, Rossi (Joe Mantegna) has an awkward reunion with his ex-wife, Hayden Montgomery (Sheryl Lee Ralph), who kept his daughter, Joy, a secret from him for nearly 30 years."
