Frank Grillo James Spader, The Blacklist, TV, 2013-2021.   NBC wanted Keifer Sutherland.   Other suits  voted Frank Grillo – tied to Captain America: The Winter Soldier.   With three days to go, a totally bald James Spader signed on…and never stopped!  Perfect for the unknown lead - hero? villain? biological father of Megan Boone’s FBI agent -   Raymond ‘Red’ Reddington.  If that who he really is… Copyright © 2023 Crawley's Casting Calls. All Rights Reserved. Joomla! is Free Software released under the GNU General Public License.