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LINDEN

Tuesday, March 9, 2004 11:33 AM

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Originally posted by AJ:
Who's the guy that played Chaucer in "A Knight's Tale" alongside Alan (he was also in "A beautiful Mind", but I have no idea of his name)?

I think his name is Paul Bettany.

I recently saw "A Knight´s Tale" too, and I was giddy with delight every time Alan Tudyk was on screen.

OUTLANDER

Tuesday, March 9, 2004 12:26 PM

If they can't get Ron and Alan for Serenity I think they should just explain that Wash and Book are off doing something else.

Then later Joss could do a movie called "Wash & Book's Excellent Adventure" or is that "Wash & Book's Bogus Journey"?

In all seriousness I wouldn't recast the roles I would just bring them back in the second movie or the series.

KUGELBLITZ

Tuesday, March 9, 2004 12:47 PM

Given the premise that MORE characters will be in thee theatrical release, it is likelier that any holes can be filled.

Having said that, I would stipulate that saying "So and so and the preacher on Yikyak four for two months" is incomparably lame-plot wise. You don't do that in a movie as it is totally weak to have to write around.

If Alan and Ron have other commitments, the canon is still intact to my mind. I will happily go see the flick either way.

Firefly is strong enough to suffer those small blows.

TRASK43

Tuesday, March 9, 2004 12:53 PM

I've got to agree I wouldn't like to see them recast it would take away from the movie for me Id be to distracted watching how the new guys fit in and if I didnt like one of them it would ruin it for me. While both book and wash are great characters it would still be easy to do a great story without either of these and then just kinda reintroduce the characters if we return the series or get another movie.

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BROWNCOAT1

Tuesday, March 9, 2004 12:56 PM

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Originally posted by Kugelblitz:
Ed Begley Jr. as Wash. Can't really improve on Morgan Freeeman as Book, unless someone throws Mr. Amazing in as a suggestion-by that I mean James Earl Jones. Who makes a very scary and cool Book character.

Can you imagine JEJ as Book?

I like Ron Glass though, and would prefer him.

Ed Begley Jr as Wash?!? Bite your tongue! May the Reavers have their way w/ you.

James Earl Jones as Book? Now that has some promise, though I think JEJ is a bit past his prime. I would still take Morgan Freeman over James Earl.

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

SASJA

Tuesday, March 9, 2004 1:02 PM

I don't think they'll be recast. I'm sure Tudyk and Glass will be in the movie, but in the unlikely event that one or both can't make it, I think the movie might be made without that character.

KUGELBLITZ

Tuesday, March 9, 2004 1:16 PM

Cast your mind back to Transylvania 6-5000.

EB Jr was great in that movie. THAT is the Wash I see him hypothetically playing. Note the he would be cheap, cheaper than Owen Wilson say, or any other Stars in that look and feel class of people. Of course Alan would be superior, the man can act. All the dreck the Ed got into after T-6-5000 was so terrible my neurons took those memories and sacrificed them to the alcohol poisoning which inetivably followed.

Oh and James Earl Jones over Morgan Freeman any day. Now there is another fellow in that range though, who would be Joe Morton, who is a bit younger than JEJ or Freeman or Glass but still could pull it off. He played Miles Dyson in T2, remember?

edit-nah, ED Jr is too old for Gina.

SINGULARITY

Tuesday, March 9, 2004 2:11 PM

Ok...So in some alternate dimension, on a Bizarro kind o' world, where the making of the movie would not wait just a little bit o' time for the right cast to be available, then I would trust that Joss would not cast anyone that could not meet certain criteria. Namely,
1) Brings a positive energy to the role
2) Works in synergy with the other cast members
3) Just "Gets" who they are playing, and can be true to the role
4) Brings something to the table that benifits the group as a whole.

And remember, Joss picked these actors as much for their talent as their ability to mesh with the rest of the cast.

But just to put my two cents in I think Billy Dee Williams would make a great Book, and the Comic who palyed Uncle Joey on Full House would make a great Wash....Or in another Dimension we would have Joss play Wash...And Book could be played by David Caradine(spelling??) You know the guy from Kung Fu

Nothing can escape the event horizon. Light, matter, and especially Twinkies.

ZEKE023

Tuesday, March 9, 2004 2:37 PM

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Originally posted by sasja:
I don't think they'll be recast. I'm sure Tudyk and Glass will be in the movie, but in the unlikely event that one or both can't make it, I think the movie might be made without that character.

I agree - Joss is not one to recast roles with different actors. Wasn't Doyle supposed to originally be the character from the Buffy episode that picks Angel up out of the sewers and teaches him to help the slayer? Is the reason that they chose the character Doyle because they couldn't get the original actor?

Although - that being said, how could you get rid of Wash? He's Zoe's husband!

BROWNCOAT1

Tuesday, March 9, 2004 2:56 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Kugelblitz:
Cast your mind back to Transylvania 6-5000.

EB Jr was great in that movie. THAT is the Wash I see him hypothetically playing. Note the he would be cheap, cheaper than Owen Wilson say, or any other Stars in that look and feel class of people. Of course Alan would be superior, the man can act. All the dreck the Ed got into after T-6-5000 was so terrible my neurons took those memories and sacrificed them to the alcohol poisoning which inetivably followed.

Oh and James Earl Jones over Morgan Freeman any day. Now there is another fellow in that range though, who would be Joe Morton, who is a bit younger than JEJ or Freeman or Glass but still could pull it off. He played Miles Dyson in T2, remember?

edit-nah, ED Jr is too old for Gina.

I forgot about Ed's role in Transylvania 6-5000. Great movie. He was pretty good in that film. I guess when I think of EBJ, I think of him in all the lame movies he did after T 6-5000.

I never considered Joe Morton, but he is an excellent choice. He would be in the right price range and I think he would do the roll justice.

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

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