According to EW.com, Actor Billy Zane has joined the cast to play P.T. Barnum, in DC’s Legends of Tomorrow‘s Third season. Zane Will appear in one episode.
P.T. Barnum, politician and showman, is the founded of Barnum & Bailey Circus (aka “The Greatest Show on Earth”).
“Obviously, we couldn’t resist putting Victor Garber and Billy Zane back on screen for the first time since the TITANIC.” Executive producer Phil Klemperer told EW.
“But I’ve wanted to bring Billy onto LEGENDS every since I saw him in a friend’s comedy pilot. I’m not sure that people know how funny Billy is, although we cast him as P.T. Barnum because we knew that he would be able to find the soul beneath the larger-than-life showman.”
Billy Zane is known for her role in ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Titanic’.
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow Season 3 premieres Tuesday, Oct. 10 at 9/8c on The CW.
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