France hero in ABC's new 'Dancing With the Stars' cast

French President Francois Hollande, left, awards with the Legion of Honor Alek Skarlatos, a National Guardsman from Roseburg, Ore., while U.S. Airman Spencer Stone, right, looks on at the Elysee Palace, on Monday Aug. 24, 2015, in Paris, France.
French President Francois Hollande, left, awards with the Legion of Honor Alek Skarlatos, a National Guardsman from Roseburg, Ore., while U.S. Airman Spencer Stone, right, looks on at the Elysee Palace, on Monday Aug. 24, 2015, in Paris, France.

NEW YORK — ABC moved quickly to land one of the three men who foiled a terror attack on a Paris-bound train last month for the 21st season cast of Dancing With the Stars.

The network announced Wednesday that Alek Skarlatos, who overpowered a gun-toting man last month with his friends Spencer Stone and Anthony Sadler, will be in the dancing competition that starts again Sept. 14.

Chef Paula Deen, actor Gary Busey and Bindi Irwin, actress-daughter of the late wildlife TV star Steve Irwin, are among the other cast members.

The cast is rounded out by Spy Kids actress Alexa PenaVega and her actor husband, Carlos; singer Andy Grammer; singer Chaka Khan; 15-year-old online star Hayes Grier; Real Housewives of Atlanta cast member Kim Zolciak Biermann; former Backstreet Boy Nick Carter; reality star Tamar Braxton; and Triple Crown-winning jockey Victor Espinoza.

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