Up-and-coming actor Ian Verdun is set as a series regular on Freeform drama pilot The Deep. Based on a story by Eric Wald and Dean White, The Deep is a dark re-imagining of the classic mermaid mythology. Set in a small fishing village in the Pacific Northwest, it explores the discovery of a mermaid caught in local waters who turns out to be a wild, ferocious, marine predator. Verdun will play Xander McClure, a burly deep sea fisherman, big-hearted and tough as nails, who…