Stargate Universe

So I was trying to avoid anything and everything to do with this thing due to the whole canceling of SGA for SG-90210. However, I found out that a certain actor was going to be on it, and had to look into it a bit more because, I must admit, said actor was totally teenage crush material when I was younger.

I'll list the name beneath the cut for those avoiding even that much, but have to say I have a bad feeling given said actor's current involvement in other projects.

( Spoilers for casting, and some sad guesswork beneath the cut. )

Edit: The actor in question just Twittered something that kind of supports one of the theories:
( Cut for Spoilers. )

Thoughts?