British actor Theo James has landed the lead in CBS’ drama pilot Golden Boy, from Nick Wootton and Greg Berlanti. The project, produced by Warner Bros TV and Berlanti Prods., centers on Clark (James), a cop, and chronicles his meteoric rise from officer to detective and ultimately police commissioner. Ryan Phillippe was originally tapped for the role but exited shortly thereafter, triggering a lengthy auditioning process that resulted in the casting of James. James, who has a handful of credits in his native Britain, including a lead on the BBC series Bedlam, is virtually unknown in the U.S. aside from a guest spot in the first season of Downton Abbey where he played Kemal Pamuk, the Turk who died in Lady Mary’s bed. He made his Hollywood debut in the recent Underworld: Awakening. James is the latest non-American actor to get the lead in a pilot this pilot season.

自從瑞恩·菲利普Ryan Phillippe)辭演CBS新劇《警界金童》（Golden Boy）之后，“金童”新人選就一直被外界關(guān)注。今天，CBS官方宣布這一角色歸屬英國(guó)演員提奧·詹姆斯(Theo James）。

《警界金童》（Golden Boy）是由格里格·伯蘭蒂(Greg Berlanti)和尼古拉斯·吾頓(Nicolas Woontton)聯(lián)手制作的CBS警察新劇。提奧·詹姆斯將頂替瑞恩·菲利普在其中扮演的整部劇集的核心人物，一個(gè)從辦公室職員到偵探警務(wù)處處長(zhǎng)的快速高升年輕警察。提奧·詹姆斯在曾主演BBC劇集《瘋?cè)嗽骸罚˙edlam）、也曾客串過(guò)《唐頓莊園》（Downton Abbey），即將上映的大銀幕《黑夜傳說(shuō)4》中我們也會(huì)看到他的身影。

現(xiàn)在同樣加入劇組的還有演員切·麥克布瑞德(Chi McBride)和凱文·阿加羅(Kevin Alejandro)。Nicolas Wootton負(fù)責(zé)撰寫(xiě)首播集劇本同時(shí)和Berlanti以及指導(dǎo)首播集的理查德·謝帕德(Richard Shepard)一起出任執(zhí)行制片人。