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"Beauty and the Beast exec Sherri Cooper has revealed that Kristin Kreuk was the only choice for the show&amp;#039;s lead. Kreuk will play homicide cop Catherine in the new CW drama, starring opposite Terra Nova actor Jay Ryan (Vincent Keller).  &amp;quot;We always wanted Kristin Kreuk,&amp;quot; Cooper told reporters at this year&amp;#039;s Comic-Con. &amp;quot;My sister-in-law is actually the casting director, and when we started writing it she immediately said, &amp;#039;Oh my God, I know who Catherine is&amp;#039;. And we watched footage of [Kristin] right from the beginning.&amp;quot; Cooper also dismissed suggestions that 29-year-old Kreuk is too &amp;quot;girly&amp;quot; to convince as an experienced detective. She revealed: &amp;quot;When people saw the pilot, some people - particularly older men - thought, &amp;#039;Really? She can be a cop?&amp;#039; But we&amp;#039;re addressing that. In her precinct, there&amp;#039;s bias against female cops.  &amp;quot;We actually have a consultant from the LAPD - she walked in, she&amp;#039;s tiny, she&amp;#039;s blonde, and she&amp;#039;s been a detective for 20 years.&amp;quot; Beauty and the Beast will debut on The CW on Thursday, October 11 at 9/8c, following the season premiere of The Vampire Diaries. &amp;gt; Beauty and the Beast: Comic-Con 2012 - Live Blog Watch a clip from Beauty and the Beast below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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