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Pilot Season: Scottish Actor Darius Campbell Cast in ABC's Beauty and the Beast

Scottish actor Darius Campbell has been cast in ABC's reimagining of Beauty and the Beast, TVLine.com reports. Campbell, primarily known for his theater work, will play Shiro, a bodyguard who forms an unexpected bond with Grace, a princess.

Lindsay Silberman

Scottish actor Darius Campbell has been cast in ABC's reimagining of Beauty and the Beast, TVLine.com reports.

Campbell, primarily known for his theater work, will play Shiro, a bodyguard who forms an unexpected bond with Grace, a princess. Grace has not yet been cast, but Christopher Egan (Kings) is set to play her fiancé, Gorrick.

Pilot Season: ABC plans reimagining of Beauty and the Beast

The one-hour drama is set in a mythical, dangerous world where a beautiful and tough princess discovers an unlikely connection with a mysterious beast. Jonathan E. Steinberg will write and executive-produce the series alongside Gary Fleder and Mary Beth Basile.

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The CW also recently ordered a Beauty and the Beast-inspiredpilot planned as a loosely based modern adaptation of the 1987 CBS series starring Linda Hamilton.