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Either he hadn’t waxed where it matters or simply feared ‘the deep end’, because the new ‘Aquaman’, Will Toale, has been given his marching orders.
Swimming into the series “Mercury Reef” instead, will be newcomer Justin Hartley.
Typically, the network has issued an expected ‘no hard feelings’ statement concerning the switcheroo.
“Will is a talented actor with a promising career and we hope to work with him in the future,” a CW spokesman said. “We have made the decision to go in a different direction with the Aquaman role and wish him the best of luck in all of his endeavors.”
It’s believed that the decision to recast the lead role of Aquaman/A.C Curry came about with the merger of the WB with UPN. The big wigs at the newly-formed CW Network apparently still liked the idea of doing an ‘Aquaman’ series – they just wanted a new man to wear the orange slip-on. They auditioned several actors, but ultimately decided on “Passions” star Hartley.
Also cast in the contemporary reinterpretation of the DC Comics character, are Ving Rhames as McCaffery and Denise Quinones as Rachel Starling.
“Smallville” executive producers/showrunners Miles Millar and Alfred Gough penned the script and are exec producing the pilot with Greg Beeman, who is on board to direct.
