Paul Bettany Nabs Lead in Showtime's 'Masters of Sex' Pilot

Matt Carr/Getty ImagesPaul Bettany It's Showtime for big-screen star Paul Bettany. The film actor, whose credits include Priest, The Tourist and Iron Guy 2, remains attracted onto experience sex education investigator William Masters inside the Showtime drama Masters of Sex. The drama, in the new the new sony Pictures Television, involves influential sexual education researchers Masters and Virginia Manley which is being put together through the Off-shoreline's Michelle Ashford. STORY: Showtime Greenlights Three New Aircraft aircraft pilots For Bettany, the project marks his first U.S. television commitment undertaking a extended feature career that has incorporated roles in Wimbledon together with an attractive Mind. Masters of Sex was among three aircraft aircraft pilots greenlit in August under new entertainment chief David Nevins. Ashford will executive produce alongside Sarah Timberman and Carl Beverly (Justified, A Gifted Guy). Bettany is repped by UTA and Affirmative Entertainment. Email: Lesley.Goldberg@thr.com Twitter: @Snoodit Paul Bettany Showtime TV Development