Walton Goggins and Shea Whigham Join Danny McBride’s HBO Comedy ‘Vice Principals’

Last May, HBO ordered 18 episodes of a new comedy from Danny McBride and Jody Hill called Vice Principals, and today the network revealed two new cast members. According to Deadline, Justified and Sons of Anarchy alum Walton Goggins will star opposite Bride, while Boardwalk Empire’s Shea Whigham has also been cast in a recurring role. Goggins will play Lee Russell, “a conniving politician who enters into an unholy alliance� with vice principal Neal Gamby (McBride). Whigham will play Ray Liptrapp, “the new husband of Gamby’s ex (Busy Phillips) and frequent target of his hostility, despite being a genuine and supportive guy.�