Deadline:
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.
I don't think I've ever heard of him and he doesn't look much like a beast...but we have to be objective here I guess. This is a brand new show afterall and we have to see what they plan to do and how they plan to present this new Beauty and Beast....it may not be anything like the show before.