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"NBC&amp;#039;s Dracula has found its Van Helsing. Thomas Kretschmann will play the vampire hunter in the Peacock Network&amp;#039;s forthcoming drama.  Van Helsing will be re-envisioned as a &amp;quot;brilliant professor&amp;quot;. Obsessed by the idea of revenge, he is potentially more of a public threat than Dracula, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Kretschmann&amp;#039;s previous credits include Cars 2, King Kong, 24 and ABC&amp;#039;s The River. He has also previously played Dracula in Dario Argento&amp;#039;s 3D movie, which was loosely based on the Bram Stoker novel. NBC&amp;#039;s Dracula is set in 1890s London and will star Jonathan Rhys Meyers in the title role. Other key cast members include Jessica de Gouw as Dracula&amp;#039;s love interest Mina Murray, Katie McGrath as Mina&amp;#039;s friend Lucy Westenra and Victoria Smurfit as Lady Jayne. Dracula is tipped to premiere later in 2013. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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