Edi Gathegi To Recur on "Beauty and the Beast"

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"Beauty and the Beast" Casts Twilight Actor -- EXCLUSIVE
by James Hibberd
Jan 16 2013


The CW has cast an actor from The Twilight Saga in a new recurring role.

Edi Gathegi is joining the romantic crime procedural in recurring role of Kyle, a “composed agent for a top-secret organization with killer looks and instincts to match. He doesn’t like his time to be wasted, and can easily assess anyone’s weaknesses and happily exploit them.”





The casting comes on the heels of The CW’s entertainment president Mark Pedowitz sounding very bullish on "Beauty‘s" renewal odds, telling reporters:

“We’re very pleased in terms of where it’s going creatively … We believe the show has a very long run in front of it. We’ve made no announcements about a second season. But based on the passion of the fans both on the E! Online and the People’s Choice Awards, we think we have something in this epic love story between Cat and Vincent.”





While star Kristen Kreuk was recently quoted as saying the show is very much about love:

“A love you build with somebody over time despite difficulties. It’s about looking past a person’s looks and chequered past to see their inner beauty. Catherine sees a man in Vincent who has gone through so much and even though she knows he’s not right for her, deep down she knows she can’t walk away from him.”

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