Once Upon A Time's Eion Bailey Joins TNT Pilot

By Vlada Gelman
Westworld Eion Bailey ONCE UPON A TIME - "Hat Trick" - While searching for a missing Mary Margaret, Emma is kidnapped by a man whose affinity for hats has him teetering on the edge of madness. Meanwhile, viewers will be transported outside of the fairytale land that was for the first time when the Evil Queen persuades a skillful man of magic to come work for her one last time and travel to Wonderland in order to help steal something from the Queen of Hearts, on "Once Upon a Time," SUNDAY, MARCH 25 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. (ABC/JACK ROWAND) EION BAILEY

Eion BaileyNo lie — Once Upon a Time's Pinocchio has found a new gig.

Eion Bailey, who plays the fairytale character/August on the ABC series, has landed the male lead in TNT's drama pilot Trooper, our sister site Deadline reports.

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The project, from producer Jerry Bruckheimer (CSI), stars Mira Sorvino as a recently divorced state trooper who is as unconventional at work as she is at home raising her three kids. Bailey will play her partner on the job, a widowed dad with a much more by-the-book approach to policing. (The role was originally played by Jay Hernandez when the pilot was in development at CBS last spring. The Eye network passed on the Warner Bros.-produced pilot, but TNT ordered a new incarnation in September.)

In addition to his recurring Once gig — he appeared as August in flashbacks in last Sunday's episode — Bailey's credits include Covert Affairs, ER and Band of Brothers.

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