On The CW drama series Beauty and the Beast, which recently won the People’s Choice Award for Best New Drama, Catherine (Kristin Kreuk) risks everything to keep Vincent (Jay Ryan) safe when she suspects that Muirfield might know his whereabouts.  In spite of the disastrous possibilities, she is forced to interrupt his romantic cabin getaway with Alex (guest star Bridget Regan), in order to save their lives.

During this recent exclusive phone interview with Collider, actress Bridget Regan (Legend of the Seeker) talked about how she came to be a part of the show, why she was attracted to the character, how much fun it was to bring a fresh energy to an already-established cast and crew, that the next couple of episodes are really revealing for the characters, how she hopes fans of the show feel for her character, even though they’re ultimately rooting for Catherine and Vincent to be together, what’s most surprised her about her character, her favorite moments to shoot, and how much she loves getting to explore a character over a longer period of time on television.  Check out what she had to say after the jump.

Lost alumna Emilie de Ravin has a recurring role on ABC’s freshman drama, Once Upon a Time, but has recently landed another pilot for the network. She is set to co-star in Americana, a soap revolving around a famous fashion family. Here are some other recent casting additions:

• Twilight’s Edi Gathegi will star opposite Kyle Bornheimer in the ABC comedy pilot, White Van Man.
• The CW has added Nicole Gale Anderson and Nina Lisandrello to their Beauty and the Beast drama pilot.
• Martin Landau will team up with Roland Emmerich for an untitled ABC drama pilot.
• Another Twilight alum, Chaske Spencer will join Ethan Embry, Megan Ferguson and Jake McLaughlin in NBC’s Western drama pilot, The Frontier.

Hit the jump for more on each project.

Ancient prophecy did foretell a time when genre fiction would no longer be a string of cheesy low budget camp fests. The prophets speak of an age when studios will spend time, money, and talent courting the geek demographic and pimply nerds will emerge as sought after tastemakers. Brothers and sisters of geekdom, the time the prophets foresaw has come! We are living in the Promised Land!

But one made poet philosopher also foresaw the coming of a clever, well made, stylish weekly fantasy TV show.  Could The Legend of the Seeker be the show he scryed is his crystal ball? Hitest thou the jump, and discover!