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The NiceGirlsTV CASTING COUCH

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Grant Gustin

Grant Gustin

This week the casting couch features a handful (or so) of actors who will be showing in some of our returning fall favorites and new favorite series:

Paul Johannson

Paul Johannson

Actor Grant Gustin (Glee) has been cast in the role of Barry Allen, aka The Flash on The CW series Arrow, which will be back for its sophomore season on October 9.

Robert Knepper

Robert Knepper

Actor Paul Johannson (One Tree Hill) will guest star in an upcoming episode of Beauty And the Beast, appearing as Kurt, father to Tori (new addition to the show, Amber Skye Noyes), an arrogant and powerful Manhattan business mogul whose career has had a meteoric rise within the last few years. He’s become increasingly paranoid as a result of his career ascent, surrounding himself with armed bodyguards and keeping a close eye on his daughter. Beauty And the Beast will be back starting on October 7 on The CW.

James Frain

James Frain

Actor Robert Knepper (Prison Break and Cult) will guest star in an upcoming episode of the new NBC drama The Blacklist, playing a target of the FBI. The Blacklist debuts on NBC on September 23.

John Noble

John Noble

Actor James Frain (The White Queen and True Blood) will guest star in multiple episodes of the new FOX thriller Sleepy Hollow, playing Rutledge, a modern-day nobleman who will interrogate Ichabod Crane (series lead Tom Mison), who is being passed off as a “visiting Oxford professor” about his past. Additionally, actor John Noble (Fringe) will appear in the new series as Henry Parrish, a kind and reclusive man who possesses supernatural powers that have the potential to help Ichabod. The next new episode of Sleepy Hollow will air on Monday on FOX.

Beth Riesgraf

Beth Riesgraf

Actress Beth Riesgraf (Leverage) will guest star in the upcoming new ABC mid-season series Killer Women that stars Tricia Helfer (Battlestar Galactica) as Molly Parker, a Texas Ranger surrounded by law enforcement peers who want to see her fail. Riesgraf will appear in the second episode, as Jennifer Jennings, an interior decorator with a secret sideline. Killer Women has not been given an official airdate by ABC yet.

Please come back next week for more casting announcements.

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