Beau 'Casper' Smart' Signs On for ABC's DIRTY DANCING Reboot

Deadline reports that Beau "Casper" Smart, has signed on the ABC's three-hour reboot of DIRTY DANCING. The actor, dancer and choreographer will take on the role of Billy Kotsecki, which was played by Neal Jones in the original 1987 film. Also joining the cast will be J. Quinton Johnson, who will portray Marco, the lead singer and guitarist in Tito Suarez's band and one of the stars at Kellerman's Resort.

Smart currently co-stars in Perfect Match. His other credits include Step Up 3D. Johnson made his acting debut in Richard Linklater's Everybody Wants Some!, now playing at SXSW.

ABC's Dirty Dancing remake will follow Baby (Abigail Breslin), "an innocent young woman in the early 1960s who vacations with her affluent parents and siblings in the Catskills and falls for Johnny (Cole Prattes), the resort's charismatic, skilled dance instructor and leader of the working-class entertainment staff."

Sarah Hyland, Nicole Scherzinger and Debra Messing will also star in the film.

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