Simone Ashley has been cast as a recurring guest star in season six of Only Murders In The Building, a production now shooting in the United Kingdom — the first time the show has filmed overseas.
The addition of Ashley arrives alongside a slate of other new recurring guest players: Jennifer Saunders, Sean Teale, Amar Chadha-Patel, Rhea Norwood, Matthew Beard and Sharon Horgan have also been confirmed for season six, while Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez return to lead the series. Michael Cyril Creighton is listed among the returning supporting cast.
Only Murders In The Building was created and written by Steve Martin and John Hoffman; season six executive producers include Hoffman, Martin, Short, Gomez, Dan Fogelman, Jess Rosenthal, Ben Smith, Jennifer Crittenden and Gabrielle Allan. The series follows three eccentric neighbors who solve murders through their true-crime podcast.
The casting announcement matters now because production has moved to the U.K. for the first time, a notable change in setting for a show that has previously shot domestically. Filming overseas shifts the logistical footprint of season six and opens the door to a different pool of guest performers — the names confirmed in this round underline that shift.
But a central detail remains withheld: the specific characters those guest stars, including Simone Ashley, will play. Season six’s storyline is being kept under wraps, and producers have not disclosed the roles attached to the newly announced cast, leaving a gap between the star power on the call sheet and what viewers will actually see on screen.
The last season ended with the trio of protagonists — Charles, Oliver and Mabel — listening to Cinda Canning’s newest true-crime podcast, a hook that left questions for the next chapter. With filming now underway in the U.K., the immediate news is concrete casting and a new production base; the next layer fans want — who these actors become in the plot — is absent.
What happens next is straightforward: the U.K. shoot continues and more production updates will determine when character details arrive. For now, Simone Ashley and the other guest stars are officially on board for season six, but viewers will need to wait for the production to release character names, episode details or promotional material to close the remaining questions about how they fit into the show’s mystery.
