Finally, someone recognizes the talent behind the pretty face that is Jason Lewis. (Insert your own eye roll here)

Seriously, he might be talented…I’ve never really paid much attention to his acting. I totally bought into his peripheral boy-toy character on Sex and the City and never really thought much past his piercing blue eyes and rock hard abs. Talented or no, he’s finally getting a chance to prove himself.

Jason Lewis the “Sex and the City” stud, has been cast as the lead of a new TV pilot, “Rio!” Lewis will play an international detective who goes to Brazil to investigate a crime, and decides to stay after he falls in love with the city and its music, beaches and nightlife. Filming on the show, part “Miami Vice” and “Magnum, P.I.,” starts next month in Rio. It was created by Scott Steindorff, an executive producer of “Las Vegas” and HBOs “Empire Falls.”