‘Nashville’ Season 5 Spoilers: Joseph David-Jones Joins ‘Nashville’ Cast As Clay

‘Nashville’ spoilers for season 5 reveal that Joseph David-Jones has been cast as Clay after an intensive nationwide search focused mainly in Los Angeles and Nashville. This news comes hot on the heels of anther announcement of another new cast member Jakob Fine [Murray Bartlett].

TVLine reports exclusively that this will be a major recurring role. Clay is described as charming and outgoing musician with extreme mood swings. The music Clay will bring to season 5 of ‘Nashville’ is a mix of bluegrass, classic country and modern/eclectic which draws from his African-American heritage.

Fans of ‘Legends of Tomorrow’ may remember Joseph as Green Arrow aka Connor Hawke. Lionsgate TV must have seen something special in Joseph, because he worked with the film division of Lionsgate for the television move “The Divergent Series: Ascendant” which is due out sometime in 2017

Related: Murray Bartlett Joins Cast – New Love Interest For Will – Possible Love Triangle With Kevin

‘Nashville’ is making the move to CMT for its fifth season after being cancelled by ABC due to financial reasons. According to actor Charles Esten [Deacon Claybourne] there are many more stories to be told and it was not time for ‘Nashville’ to end.

Previous ‘Nashville’ spoilers for season 5 include news that transgender actress Jen Richards has joined the cast as a physical therapist who will help Juliette Barnes {Hayden Panettiere] recover following a devastating plane crash.

Related: Charles Esten, Jonathan Jackson Talk Season 5 On CMT – Too Many Stories Left To Tell – It’s All About The Music

Get ready Nashies! Newbies Clay and Jakob will join your favorites, Avery Barkley [Jonathan Jackson], Scarlett O’Connor [Clare Bowen], Gunnar Scott [Sam Palladio] and Will Lexington [Chris Carmack] for the two-hour premiere of ‘Nashville’ season 5 on Thursday, January 5 at 9 p.m. ET on CMT.

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