Reign's Torrance Coombs Joins ABC's Still Star-Crossed, Will Exit CW Drama 

Torrance Coombs‘ next small-screen gig is a real tragedy.

, Coombs has been cast in ABC’s drama pilot

. Based on the 2013 Melinda Taub novel, the potential Shondaland-produced series will follow the Capulets and Montagues 

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will reportedly end after Season 3, is playing Count Paris, the man Juliet’s parents

for her to marry before she fell in love with Romeo. Paris will reportedly serve as

Though he couldn’t discuss his character’s exit from

, Coombs posted this tweet shortly after the 

Thank you for all the kind words. Tough to comment on specifics, but I don't think we've seen the last of Bash on #Reign.

— Torrance Coombs (@torrancecoombs) March 9, 2016

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Additionally, Australian actor Wade Briggs has been cast as Benvolio Montague, a relative of the late Romeo. Benvolio is reportedly engaged to a member of the Capulet family in order to restore peace in Verona.

A sign they know their show’s a goner?

No more Bash CSI? I’m not sure how I feel about him playing a villiain.

Bummer…guess that puts the final nail in a possible 4th season renewal for Reign :( Will try the new show, who knows; if they don’t force a rushed story it might have a chance. Reign took the story too fast, thinking they wanted to wrap things up in case they weren’t renewed…but they shot themselves in the foot there with that decision. By rushing along they really blew a great opportunity at a really awesome show. Dear Writers and Show Runners, live in the present and don’t worry if you get renewed, tell a great story that is worthy of viewers – Season 1 was AWESOME. #justsaying

I wouldn’t say it puts the final nail in the coffin seeing as he’s been pretty underused since Kenna left but it’s certainly not likely regardless.

Not particularly surprising since, while Reign will get a fourth season because syndication demands it, it won’t continue beyond that. Better to jump ship to a Shondaland show given the chance then stay with one whose time is quickly running out.

If it actually gets a 4th season it will probably be as a summer show like Beauty and the Beast.

I believe syndication calls for 5 seasons and/or 100 episodes. If Reign does get a 4th season, I’d be really surprised.

That’s changed to 4 seasons ,88 episodes but five seasons,100 is more profitable.Some shows have been syndicated with less than 100 episodes.

Ugh, they never did anything interesting with him at all on Reign. Such a waste — he and Kenna were really the best characters for awhile, and I was sure he was going to go with Mary to Scotland. (Maybe he was and the show is just clearly getting cancelled.)

Also: Another Star-Crossed! Reign premiered alongside The CW’s Star-Crossed in 2014, right?

Sorry – I don’t watch this, but it would eliminate some stress until May

I doubt it. The way star was worded, I think either the main star or in the case of multiple main leads, like Castle, one of the main leads. I would not consider him a main star of Reign, though he has been a regular. As such I don’t think he qualifies.

P.S. They should have used Henry’s madness to it’s advantage. All, or most of Season 2 could have been explained away by saying it was all in Henry’s mind. Then they could have reset and gone back to what worked!!

It’s been almost thirty years since I read Romeo and Juliet but if the show is going to pick up after the events of the play, wouldn’t that also include the death of Paris. I could have sworn that Romeo killed Paris but before he died he asked to be buried with Juliet and Romeo agreed.

That is correct. Paris and Romeo duel by the tomb of Juliet when he’s killed.

I read the book the show is based on – there is an explanation given for how Paris is still alive even though he apparently died in the play. Kind of a bummer that the casting is spoiling this since it’s a pretty good twist.

I love Torrance Coombs so I will try out the new show. I will miss Bash on Reign but the show wasn’t using his character as much as I would have preferred.

Not surprising. They’ve struggled with how to include Bash for a while now. I hope they don’t kill him off, though.

I’m not shocked…The show does not really know what to do with his character. I would have loved to see Bash & Mary together again but oh well

A shame but his character was a waste ever since the writers ended the Mary, Francis,bash triangle.

This doesn’t surprise me. Even if the show gets a 4th season, I didn’t think he would be in it. I’m assuming a 4th season would be about Mary back in Scotland, which Bash wouldn’t be in. I’ve hated the story lines they’ve been giving him as well.

This is pretty much what I was going to say. They ran out of consistent story for his character awhile ago.

His character Bash has been relegated to the B storyline for the past season and half now. Not surprised he want’s to jump ship.

Good for Torrance! They completely dropped his character after his relationship with Mary ended. He was wasted on that show.

I’m so torn about this. I LOVE Reign and Torrance, but his character has been pretty useless and distant this season. I was hopeful that the recent flurry of pix from Ireland suggested the Mash alliance/reunion I’ve been waiting for, possibly even in Scotland. I’m thrilled for Torrance since he’s being wasted on Reign, and I LOVE Romeo & Juliet so I’d probably tune in to this show regardless of the casting. I’m just sad for Reign. I’m afraid its days are numbered.

It’s not really that much of a shock since if Reign does get a season four it will be moving back to Scotland and away from France so I doubt Bash would be in it much if at all. And how is he playing Paris when Paris dies in R&J?? It was kind of an important part of the play so….

The more I read about Still Star-Crossed the worse it sounds.

If they make Still Star Crossed into a series that will be interesting. The book was good, so I’m interested to see how this will play out on TV. I think they made a good choice on him to play Paris.

Whats really sad is that the fan base really dose not matter on the case of King Henry killed off, then Frances, now Bash. If they wanted to keep the show going, they would of took in consideration of the fans that watch Reign, and kept the story lines going. So many fans were watching every week, that the ratings really high. Are they just trying to shut down Reign ?? If so, their doing a dam good job of it !! This show could run for many, many more seasons. With alot of excitement to keep the fans !!

Have they brought back kenna and louie conde? I stopped watching when they stopped showing them.

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