Fan CastingMiddlesex (TV Miniseries) - Episode 4: "Riot"

Milton and Tessie's child is actually an intersex baby with an XY-chromosome, but the elderly Dr. Philosobian mistakes it for a girl and thus they call them Calliope (dubbed Callie). The little Callie grows up in Detroit and frequents the Zebra Room, the pub founded by Lefty and now owned by Milton, where she befriends Marius Grimes, a young black activist who is despised by the racist Milton. During the 1967 riots, Marius burns off the Zebra Room with a molotov, and the insurance pays it back: the Stephanideses now buy a much fancier house in Grosse Pointe, called Middlesex.read more