Slew of pilots beef up casts

March 15, 2009 Beau Garrett and Mike Vogel are set as the two leads of ABC's "Empire State," the U.K.'s Sophie Winkleman has landed the title role on NBC's "100 Questions for Charlotte Payne" and Paul Campbell will lead the cast of ABC's "No Heroics." In other pilot castings, Warren Christie has landed the male lead and Denzel Whitaker a supporting role on CBS' "House Rules." Tim Peper, Stephanie Lemelin and Baron Vaughn are set to star on ABC's "Canned," Matthew Lillard and Janet Varney will play leads on ABC's untitled Jeff Strauss comedy, and Lindsey Broad has landed the female lead on NBC's "State of Romance."

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