So is Poe pretty much what it sounds like from the logline?
PATMORE-GIBBS: It has an element of Guy Ritchie’s version of Sherlock Holmes, an element of steampunk and a real sense of fun. This is before Poe’s darkest days. He has a sense of humor; he’s a believer surrounded by skeptics. The show in some ways bears a resemblance to Castle. One supporting character is a female who works at a newspaper, another, one of the first African-American doctors
. They’re people who are always being underestimated in society.
Poe wasn’t the most attractive guy. Will ABC have a sexy Poe?
Certainly it will be someone with a larger than life personality… hopefully charismatic … and attractive … we’re literal about his work, but not about his looks.
http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/02/11/abc-order-hulk/
ABC casts a sexy Edgar Allan Poe
ABC promised the casting of Edgar Allan Poe in its fall drama pilot would be a physically nontraditional choice for the role, and it sure is.
One of the most intriguing projects of the fall, Poe re-imagines the nebbish-looking, cousin-marrying opium enthusiast as a crime fighter in 1840s Boston.
And the young actor who will play Poe is…
Christopher-EganImage Credit: Billy Ingram/WireImage.com Kings and Home and Away hottie Christopher Egan!
http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/03/04/poe-chris-egan/