The crime series, developed by Sherry Cooper and Jennifer Levine, was released on television in 2012. Actors of the series "Beauty and the Beast": Christine Kroyk, Max Brown, Jay Ryan, Austin Basis and others - the audience liked. The project withstood four television broadcast seasons.
About the series
In 2011, S. Cooper and J. Levin decided to make a remake of the 1987 series Beauty and the Beast. They modernized the plot, making a crime drama out of a fantastic work.
In 2012, Beauty and the Beast is a series whose actors and roles have completely changed over 25 years. And although the names of the main characters - Katherine Chandler and Vincent - remained the same as in the first version, many new characters were introduced into the series that completely transformed him.
The plot is based on the relationship between police detective Kat and Dr. Vincent Keller, who saved the girl as a child when she and her mother were attacked. Vincent is an unusual person. A particular steroid changed its genes. Now, in moments of danger, Keller can significantly increase his strength and aggravate his feelings. Katherine and Vincent are investigating criminal cases together.
The series was shot in Toronto from 2011 to 2016. In total, 70 episodes of the film were released.
Critics have differently assessed how the actors of the series Beauty and the Beast played their roles. A lot of reviews were negative. Nevertheless, in 2013 and 2014, the series earned the People's Choice Award, presented in Los Angeles for its achievements in the field of cinema, television and music.
Actors of the series "Beauty and the Beast"
In all four seasons, the main actors appear in the frame:
- In the role of Katherine Chandler - Christine Kroyk.
- The role of Vincent Keller was made by Jay Ryan.
- The role of JT Forbes went to Austin Basis.
- The role of Tess Vargas was performed by Nina Lisandrello.
Some actors appeared only in some episodes of the show Beauty and the Beast.
Series, season 4, actors:
- In the role of Kyle Johnson - Michael Roark.
- In the role of Heather Chandler - Nicole Anderson.
- In the role of Evan Marx - English actor Max Brown.
Actors Sendhill Ramamurti, Brian J. White, Amber Sky Noyes flashed in the series only in the first two seasons.
Christine Kroyk
The full name of the actress is Kristin Laura Kroyk. She herself comes from Canada. Kristin was born on 12/30/1982 in Vancouver. Her father is from Holland, and her mother, a Chinese woman by birth, was born in Indonesia. Parents of the girl are engaged in landscape design.
Kroyk began her film career with the Canadian melodramatic series "Edgemont" and with the role of Snow White in 2001 in the film of the same name. In the same 2001, Christine was invited to audition for the American series "Smallville Secrets". This series was shot in the hometown of the actress, Vancouver. Smallville, where Kroyk played a major role, brought the girl worldwide recognition and fame. The series has been nominated for the Saturn Award many times, and received an Emmy Award in 2002 and 2006.
The actress also starred in the mini-series "The Wizard of the Seaside" in 2004, "Ben Hur" in 2010, in the series "Chuck" in 2010. In her filmography - paintings "Eurotour" in 2004, "Streetfighter" in 2009, "Ecstasy" in 2011 and others.
Jay Ryan
The real name of the actor is Jay Banian. Jay was born on 08/29/1981 in Auckland, New Zealand, and lives in Australia. The actor plays mainly in Canadian and New Zealand films and TV shows. Pictures from the filmography of the actor are unfamiliar to the Russian audience. His roles in the series are more visible. You could see Ryan in the series "Neighbors" in the role of Jack Scully from 2002 to 2005, in the telenovela "Sea Patrol" in the role of Billy "Spider" Webb from 2007 to 2009, in the series "Terra Nova" in the role of Curran in 2011 , in "Lake Top" as Mark Mitchem in 2013.
Austin Basis
The full name of the actor is Austin Lee Basis. Austin was born on September 14, 1976 in Brooklyn. The actor suffers from type 1 diabetes and regularly participates in charity events related to this disease. The actor starred in many different series, the most popular of which are Law and Order. Criminal Intent, Marine Police. Special Department, Life is Unpredictable, Anatomy of Passion, mainly in secondary and episodic roles.
Nina Lisandrello
The actress was born on 07/01/1980 in Los Angeles. Nina graduated from art school in New York. She starred in the film "The Devil Wears Prada", in the series "Jackie's Sister", "Law and Order" and others.
Other actors of the series "Beauty and the Beast", as a rule, had already managed to appear in other well-known projects before filming began. For Austin Basis and Nina Lisandrello, roles in Beauty and the Beast are currently the largest and most serious in their careers.
conclusions
Did the remake of "Beauty and the Beast" (TV series) cope with the goal set for him - to surpass the 1987 version? Actors, photos of which regularly flash in the press, and the series itself are of interest to the audience. And this is an indicator that he did it. Although the show did not receive rave reviews from well-known critics, it did not collect the most prestigious awards, the audience who watched it liked it.
The 1987 version of “Beauties and Monsters” has lost its relevance over the years, and the creators of the 2012 version, thanks to modern technologies, visual effects, and professional processing of the script, managed to again captivate the viewer with the old story.