NEWS! Sendhil Ramamurthy signs on to the CW’s Beauty and the Beast

Things are heating up for Sendhil Ramamurthy in 2013. First the release of his film with Kristen Bell, “The Lifeguard” will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival and in the summer, he will be appearing on TVLand’s hit show, “Hot in Cleveland”. We’ve just gotten word that there’s another project on the horizon for Sendhil.

It seemed like Cat and Vincent were finally making some progress in the winter finale of “Beauty and the Beast,” but there’s a new guy coming into the picture to further complicate their already-rocky dynamic. Zap2it has confirmed that “Heroes” star Sendhil Ramamurthy has been cast as Assistant District Attorney Gabriel Lowen.

He’s not going to make things easy for Catherine, on a personal or a professional level. First of all, when they have their initial encounter, he’s naked in the womens’ locker room. Awkward? Gabe isn’t all charm and chisel, though. He’s deeply suspicious of some of the goings-on in the police department — particularly a death that just doesn’t add up — and he’ll be pretty relentless in his investigations.

“Strong on justice, Gabe spearheads the search for the vigilante and finds his focus drawn to the elusive Catherine,” The CW says of the lawyer, who is “from the upper echelons of NYC society.” He’ll first appear in episode 15, and will recur throughout the end of the season.

Best known as Mohinder from “Heroes,” Ramamurthy has also recently appeared on “The Office” and “Covert Affairs.”

source: http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2012/12/beauty-and-the-beast-casts-sendhil-ramamurthy-as-catherines-new-love-interest.html