09 January 2006

The WB will launch Aquaman this fall.


His name is Will Toale. And if everything goes right -and why should it not with those looks - this new, brightly shiny guy with the new car smell will take on the role of Aquaman for the WB. And while the WB has a tendency to hire these way too beautiful men to play teenagers (hello, Tom Welling) Toale will play closer to his real age, which is 28.

Variety reported the news which is found via AquamanTV.com. "In the search for Aquaman, we saw over 400 people in England, Australia, Canada and several U.S. cities," series co-creator Alfred Gough told Variety. "We saw Will's tape over Christmas, and he was the only guy we took to the network. We call him 'the much-maligned Aquaman,' but when we first pitched Smallville, Superman was considered cheesy," Gough said. "In the comic, Aquaman's the lost king of Atlantis, but in our version, he is Arthur Curry, this twentysomething who owns a dive shop."

The writers sold the Aquaman pitch after a Smallville episode featuring the character -- played by one-time American Idol contestant Alan Ritchson -- drew strong ratings in October.

Little is known about Toale, but he was born in Florida, modeled (which must be a prerequisite for working on the WB) before landing a supporting role in A Streetcar Named Desire at Broadway's Roundabout Theater along with Natasha Richardson and John C. Reilly.

The pilot is expected to film this March in Miami, though there is no doubt the show will be picked up.

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