What if... Firefly had been British?
POSTED BY: Cruithne3753
UPDATED: Tuesday, December 17, 2024 18:40
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What might the cast have looked like? Anyone got better ideas? There are two I can't think of though...
Mal - Clive Owen
Zoe - Alex Kingston
Wash - Eddie Izzard
Kaylee - Anna Friel
Jayne - Ross Kemp
Inara - Parminder Nagra
Book - Don Warrington
Simon - ???
River - ???
(One or two of these names might be unknown outside the UK... you can always Wiki for them)
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They all would have talked funny! 
Would Badger be American???
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Fawlty Towers In Space. 
Seriously though, I can see Lee Evans play Wash. He's a great serious actor and a stand up. He could capture Wash's personality. Hehehehe. I just thought of another person.. Could Jonathan Ross play Wash?
The lead actor from Life on Mars, John Simm, would make a good Simon methinks.
Hugh Laurie would make a really cool Badger. I can see it now!
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Would Badger be American???
Nah, Badger would be an Aussie.
YoSaffBridg would stay as an American I think as would Early.
Izzard = Wash. Hmm, bit to big I think. Need someone on par with or smaller than Zoe.
Ricky Gervais as Monty. Not as big but I think he'd be able to bring a strange kind of humour to the part.
Simon and River are a tough one?
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Maybe Cillian Murphy or Jonathan Rhys-Meyers for Simon?
And Hugh Laurie as Badger would so totally rock.
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It would have been WAAAAY talkier, and the FX would have been just okay, and Badger would have been a Yank. Plus, it would have been shot on video, and introduced by Alistair Cooke.
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It would have run for two seasons, instead of a half, so we'd only have 12 episodes.
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A great twist. Imagine the variety of accents!!!
I think the original list has too many soap 'actors' in it (shudders at the thought), but each to their own.
My take would be (incl some already mentioned):
Mal: Ewan Macgregor
Zoe: Naomie Harris
Wash: Simon Pegg
Jayne: Sean Bean (not sure about if he can pull of the humour though)
Kaylee: Laura Fraser or Emma Pierson
Inara: Sophia Myles or Rachel Weisz
Simon: Cillian Murphy
River: Stephanie Leonidas
Book: Pete Postlethwaite or Peter Mullen
Monty: Brian Blessed or Richard Griffiths
Saffron:
Badger: Sean Pertwee or Tim Roth or Keith Allen
Early:
Niska: Christopher Lee
Crow: Pat Roach
Can't think of anyone suitable for Saffron or Early.
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Firefly British?
Pretty much forget the guns!
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