Ian Ziering to Play The Blue Devil on SWAMP THING

"Beverly Hills 90210"'s Ian Ziering is joining the cast of the DC Universe series "Swamp Thing" as Daniel Cassidy, a.k.a. the Blue Devil, according to Deadline.

The official character description for Ziering's recurring character: "Stuntman turned movie star, Daniel Cassidy became semi-famous after playing the demonic Blue Devil. But now, eight years later, Cassidy finds himself living out his days in frustration, pining for his former fame while on a COLLISION COURSE with destiny."

The Blue Devil was introduced in DC Comics in 1984 and got his own series that same year, which lasted for 31 monthly issues. In the comics, the stuntman is in costume for a Hollywood special-effects film when a real demon mistakes him as an authentic peer. The ensuing attack melds the Blue Demon costume to the actor inside and leaves him with strange new powers.

The show follows Abby Arcane as she investigates what seems to be a deadly swamp-born virus in a small town in Louisiana but soon discovers that the swamp holds mystical and terrifying secrets. When unexplainable and chilling horrors emerge from the murky marsh, no one is safe.

Ziering's film and TV credits include the SHARKNADO series, Melrose Place, CSI: NY, What. I Like About You and Endless Love.

Read the original article on Deadline.