Khobe Clarke Cast As Beau Maxwell

EXCLUSIVE: Khobe Clarke (Cruel Intentions, Firefly Lane) has been tapped for a major recurring role on Amazon MGM Studios’ college-set romantic drama Off Campus, based on the best-selling book series by Elle Kennedy.

There are 5 books in the series, which depicts the elite ice hockey team, and the women in their lives, as they grapple with love, heartbreak, and self-discovery — forging deep friendships and enduring bonds while navigating the complexities that come with transitioning into adulthood.

Each of the first four novels tells the love story of a hockey player, with the fifth being a novella collection of all four couples. Season 1 of the TV series, based on the first book, The Deal, follows the unlikely romance between Hannah Wells (Ella Bright), a wry, hockey-hating music major, and Briar University’s playboy star center Garrett Graham (Belmont Cameli).

Clarke will play Beau Maxwell, Briar’s star quarterback on their not particularly successful football team who has been best friends since high school with one of Blair’s hockey stars, Dean Di Laurentis (Stephen Kalyn). The younger brother of Broadway actor Joanna Maxwell, Beau is equally at home among jocks, frat guys, and the artsy kids at Briar.

Other Off Campus series regulars playing hockey players who would each take turns as a lead in subsequent seasons include Antonio Cipriano (Logan from The Mistake), Jalen Thomas Brooks (Tucker from Book #4, The Goal) and Kalyn (Dean from Book #3, The Score), with Mika Abdalla as Dean’s future leading lady, Allie. Fellow series regular Josh Heuston plays the Season 1 love rival role of Justin.

Off Campus was created by Louisa Levy. She and Gina Fattore serve as executive producers and co-showrunners. Also executive producing are Temple Hill’s Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen and James Seidman, Leanna Billings via her banner Billings Productions, Neal Flaherty, Silver Tree, with Temple Hill’s Annika Patton and author Kennedy producing. Deanna Brigidi and Andrea Bunker served as casting directors.

The casting keeps Canadian actor Clarke in the Amazon fold coming off a series regular role as Scott Russell on Cruel Intentions. His credits also include recurring arcs on Netflix’s Firefly Lane and Showtime’s Yellowjackets. Khobe is repped by Gersh, Brave Artists Management and The Characters Talent Agency.