George R.R. Martin's 1987 Fantasy Sleeper Hit Was Like an "Acid Trip" According to Ron Pearlman [Exclusive]

George R.R. Martin is best known for his sprawling Game of Thrones franchise, including the book series, the HBO adaptation to follow, and all the material that has come adjacent to it. But before Martin was synonymous with high fantasy, he was a writer on a 1987 CBS prime-time series called Beauty and the Beast. The series starred Ron Perlman (Hellboy) and Linda Hamilton (The Terminator) as Vincent and Catherine. Some millennials may remember the CW reboot starring Kristin Kreuk and Jay Ryan. The fantasy drama series aired for three seasons, based not on the Disney movie (as that would not even come out until a year after the series concluded) but instead looking closer at the French source material, the fairy tale La Belle et la Bête by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve.