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 Feb 26 2012, 11:28 AM
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I thought I'd start a new topic for this - if pip or spam can move things over from bits and pieces I'd be grateful
Darius has been cast as the male lead in ABC's pilot episode of their take of Beauty and the Beast. Darius has been cast as Shiro the 'beast' This link is just speculation but I like it. Someone is wondering if it's going to be a musical http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F...Fx76qUV8vPhcZcg |
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Feb 26 2012, 01:28 PM
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Hope this takes off. I remember another Beauty and the Beast series set in New York Sewers and really liked it and the guy who played the beast. Can really see Darius in this role. I think it will be good for him.
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Feb 26 2012, 01:30 PM
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Darius Campbell lands male lead in US Beauty And The Beast TV pilot
Feb 26 2012 By Laura Watt, Sunday Mail SINGER Darius Campbell has landed his big US telly break as the male lead in a Beauty And The Beast production. Darius, 32, will play a mercenary bodyguard in the drama pilot from American network giants ABC. The role is tipped to make the platinum-selling Popstar To Operastar crooner a household name in the US. A source said: "Darius has managed to reinvent himself and is now on the brink of cracking the hardest market in the world. If he pulls it off, it will open so many new doors for him." The show is a twist on the classic fairytale and is set in a mythical, dangerous world. It tells the story of a beautiful and tough princess who discovers a connection with a mysterious beast. Darius, from Bearsden, lives in Los Angeles with actress Natasha Henstridge. He recently played the lead in the stage production of Chicago. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/showbiz/2012/...86908-23766561/ |
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Feb 26 2012, 01:47 PM
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QUOTE(Nina @ Feb 25 2012, 06:12 AM)  EXCLUSIVE: Scottish platinum-selling singer and stage actor Darius Campbell has landed the male lead in ABC’s drama pilot Beauty And The Beast, a fantasy re-imagining of the classic Beauty and the Beast tale wherein an embattled princess, Grace, discovers an unlikely connection with a mysterious beast, Shiro (Campbell), a mercenary bodyguard. On the project, Campbell joins recently cast Chris Egan who plays Grace’s fiance Gorrick. (The Grace role is yet to be cast). Campbell, who is virtually unknown in the U.S., rose to fame in the U.K. as a finalist on Popstars and Pop Idol. He has starred in a number of West End musicals, including Chicago and Guys And Dolls. This marks the biggest TV acting gig for Campbell whose previous experience includes a guest spot on an U.K. drama series. He is repped by Mosaic, ICM and UK’s Conway van Gelder. Yves Simoneau is directing Beauty And The Beast from a script by Jon Steinberg for ABC Studios and Gary Fleder’s Mojo Films. http://www.deadline.com/2012/02/abcs-beaut...st-casts-beast/ |
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Feb 26 2012, 01:49 PM
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QUOTE(B.P. @ Feb 25 2012, 08:16 AM) Nice one Nina  QUOTE(Julia W @ Feb 25 2012, 09:54 AM) Wow!!! How wonderful... well done Darius!!  Thanks for the news Nina! I hope the pilot is a success and he is well received - he'll make a wonderful beast - can't wait to see!!  Julie QUOTE(claireabell @ Feb 25 2012, 11:40 AM) Great news well done Darius! Only thing is that we maybe waiting a bit longer for the album QUOTE(polly @ Feb 25 2012, 01:07 PM) well done D but cant get it on my TV  |
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Feb 26 2012, 01:50 PM
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QUOTE(prettyinpink @ Feb 25 2012, 02:10 PM) wonderful news - hope it pans out, though I was hoping for Broadway as well as the album soon ... can he not do everything!!! QUOTE(claireabell @ Feb 25 2012, 03:24 PM) I think we may be able to get it on YouTube am sure once it has been aired QUOTE(Jáhq @ Feb 25 2012, 04:04 PM) I'm sure some UK channel will air it now given he's got a lead role in it.  I don't visit this place often but I heard the news and found it quite interesting and very surprising, hope the US broadcaster picks it up and places it on the schedule (we'll find that out in May) as I'll certainly watch.  |
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Feb 26 2012, 01:52 PM
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QUOTE(surrogatemum @ Feb 25 2012, 04:47 PM) Brilliant news. Thanks Nina. Sue QUOTE(surrogatemum @ Feb 25 2012, 04:58 PM) I see some people have already left negative comments!  SueQUOTE(prettyinpink @ Feb 25 2012, 06:42 PM) some of them had no idea Darius has done anything since PS...lol QUOTE(polly @ Feb 25 2012, 10:21 PM) I agree some negative things about it. I think its great 4 D to do different things weather its music, theatre or TV I just really hope it gets picked up and we all get to watch it |
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Feb 26 2012, 01:53 PM
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QUOTE(megham @ Feb 26 2012, 10:50 AM) It is great for him to have impressed the casting team so much that he's been given the part without the other major roles being filled. It bodes well for him. I hope it's picked up but even if it isn't it is really valuable experience for him and gets his name out there QUOTE(megham @ Feb 26 2012, 12:25 PM) Looks as though Darius has changed his management again. If he has the time, it looks good for his album Maybe this only applies to the USA though |
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Feb 26 2012, 02:07 PM
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Thanks Spam
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Feb 26 2012, 02:07 PM
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Darius is having his facial mask started tomorrow and the pilot will be filmed in Vancouver
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Feb 26 2012, 02:28 PM
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I think this is great news for Darius I always knew he would end up doing thing on Tv either over here or over there.
I wonder if he will be at Elton Johns Oscar party tonight, if he is got his facial mask fitting tomorrow and plus I wounder if he will be at show he has booked for this coming week. we shall need to wait and see I suppose lol once again well done Darius
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Feb 27 2012, 05:23 AM
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Grrr why does the Brittish Press still call him a reality show reject?
Darius lands Beauty And The Beast role Published: Today at 00:13 SINGER Darius Campbell has landed an acting role in new US TV series Beauty And The Beast. The former reality show reject will play a mercenary bodyguard in the ABC network series, which offers a twist on the classic fairytale. Darius rose to fame after his infamous Popstars audition singing a Britney Spears song. He later had a No1 hit with single Colourblind. The Scot has appeared in West End shows including Chicago and Guys And Dolls. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showb...Beast-role.html |
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Feb 27 2012, 08:10 AM
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QUOTE(claireabell @ Feb 26 2012, 02:28 PM) I think this is great news for Darius I always knew he would end up doing thing on Tv either over here or over there. I wonder if he will be at Elton Johns Oscar party tonight, if he is got his facial mask fitting tomorrow and plus I wounder if he will be at show he has booked for this coming week. we shall need to wait and see I suppose lol once again well done Darius According to Dean Piper, Darius and Natasha were at Elton John's party. Nina, I think most of the UK press has been OK, article wise. However, the Sun has never credited Darius with any talent whatsoever. If GS is going to reduce Darius's career to reality TV, he might at least get it straight - a reality TV show WINNER, I believe! The said G. Smart may also be 'smarting' because I'm sure he was the journo who dismissively tweeted a couple of weeks ago that he'd bumped into Darius in Vancouver. Maybe if he'd spoken to Darius he might have got a wee clue as to why Darius was there. TBH, at the time, I didn't bother posting because it was round about the time of Natasha's and Darius's first wedding anniversary and I thought they'd gone for a break in Canada. A US acting role for Darius just didn't cross my mind, given that he was really focussed on the album and had Chicago on Broadway coming up. I still can't quite get my head around it.................just wasn't expecting him to play a lead role in anything in the US until he'd done a couple of supporting ones. I wonder if Darius will be at Comic-Con in his own right this year. I'm pretty sure Natasha is going and they're showing an unseen episode of The Secret Circle. |
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Feb 27 2012, 09:23 AM
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January and February are times that pilots are cast and it seemed just too good to miss. It's also good that it's his acting ability that got him the role. He is VERY happy and so is his family. Natasha is back filming in Vancouver for 'Secret Circle' for a different network, if Darius starts filming then as well they will be there together which will be a bonus.
Doesn't look like Darius will be Billy Flynn this cast change. |
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Feb 27 2012, 11:09 AM
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Just popping in to give 'big ups' to Darius for securing this. Hope it does all good things for him.
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Feb 27 2012, 01:58 PM
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QUOTE(munchkin @ Feb 27 2012, 11:09 AM) Just popping in to give 'big ups' to Darius for securing this. Hope it does all good things for him. Nice one, thanks Munchkin
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Feb 27 2012, 03:00 PM
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Thanks Munchkin. Darius as a monster is something to look forward to
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Feb 27 2012, 06:25 PM
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QUOTE(Nina @ Feb 26 2012, 01:28 PM) Hope this takes off. I remember another Beauty and the Beast series set in New York Sewers and really liked it and the guy who played the beast. Can really see Darius in this role. I think it will be good for him. The other Beauty and the Beast pilot for the CW network is set in modern times and is an update of that Ron Perlman/Linda Hamilton show from a couple of decades ago. ABC's show, which I've seen referred to as just "Beast" a few times, with Darius as the Beast, is based on the traditional fairy tale but it's an original script written by Johnathan E Steinberg. Steinberg is also exec producer on the show. ABC's current hit Once Upon A Time seems to alternate between the present and fairy tale times of once upon a time and a different fairy tale character is central to each episode. I haven't seen it - sounds like Grimm in the latter respect although OUAT also seems to have an unravelling mystery strand running the whole series too. It's getting really good ratings and seems virtually certain to get another season. It's hoped Beast will complement OUAT. It's been suggested on a few sites that Beast might also jump time and place and it will be darker and shown later in the schedule. One of the strange things about these two pilots is that the director of the CW one is also one of the producers of ABC's. The one with Darius will be directed by a French Canadian director called Yves Simoneau(?) This post has been edited by Baytree: Feb 27 2012, 06:38 PM |
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Feb 27 2012, 07:19 PM
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We wont know how it going until May - I hate waiting
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Feb 27 2012, 07:28 PM
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Really? I thought you'd earned an A star in that!
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