david boreanaz as mal?

POSTED BY: EvilDinosaur
UPDATED: Saturday, July 5, 2008 16:13
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EVILDINOSAUR

Monday, June 30, 2008 11:26 PM

Yea I'd forgotten that angel was still running when firefly started, that kinda proves that it's false for me. thanks

"Haha, mine is an evil laugh."

MAL4PREZ

Tuesday, July 1, 2008 12:03 AM

I must note - there are at least two prominent chicken shots in the series: one at Eavesdown Docks in the pilot, and one on the train in the Train Job. Clearly intentionally done. And, I believe, pointed out in the commentary.

Haven't listened to that in a while, I forget what they say...

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MACBAKER

Tuesday, July 1, 2008 12:55 AM

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Originally posted by EvilDinosaur:
so i saw a trivia question about firefly that said the part of mal was written for boreanaz, but he turned it down due to a fear of chickens.
this sounds like bs to me, can anyone confirm?

"Haha, mine is an evil laugh."

I find that highly unlikely. David was still working on Angel (season 4) at the time. Joss may have used him as a template, while writing, until a actor was cast in the role. That's quite common.

I think David is a good template actor for the role of Mal, but obviously Nathan IS Mal. He was the perfect fit for our beloved Captain Tight Pants. Joss seems to have a nack for finding the right actor for each role.

Ronald D. Moore said that when they were writing the script for the Battlestar miniseries, his dream cast was Edward James Olmos as Adama and Mary McDonnell as Roslin. If, true, he got his dream leads!

I'd given some thought to movin' off the edge -- not an ideal location -- thinkin' a place in the middle.

JEWELSTAITEFAN

Tuesday, July 1, 2008 5:20 AM

You guys are making it sound like Joss would never kill off one of his leading characters.
other places have given me the impression Joss is well-known for killing off his leading characters.
Which is it?

ZEEK

Tuesday, July 1, 2008 2:30 PM

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Originally posted by jewelstaitefan:
You guys are making it sound like Joss would never kill off one of his leading characters.
other places have given me the impression Joss is well-known for killing off his leading characters.
Which is it?

Oh he would. He's killed both Angel and Buffy before. They kinda had to come back to life though. Being that their the title characters in their shows. Can't really have a show called Angel when Angel is dead.

Joss would probably kill just about anyone else on the shows though and wouldn't have to revive them.

MACBAKER

Tuesday, July 1, 2008 3:22 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by jewelstaitefan:
You guys are making it sound like Joss would never kill off one of his leading characters.
other places have given me the impression Joss is well-known for killing off his leading characters.
Which is it?

Joss has killed off important characters before, but in the case of leads, not really. True, he's killed off Angel and Buffy, but they "got better". You don't permanently kill off your lead, if you want to keep your show on the air for long.

I'd given some thought to movin' off the edge -- not an ideal location -- thinkin' a place in the middle.

SCATHAC

Thursday, July 3, 2008 2:02 PM

According to the dvd commentary by Joss Whedon on the episode Serenity: He did plan on Boreanaz being Mal. According to Joss, David was going to do two shows, but read the script, saw the chicken references and declined. HOWEVER, it bears noting that Joss says a lot of things in the commentary rather tongue in cheeck. He said it, but that doesn't always make it true.

GWEK

Thursday, July 3, 2008 4:32 PM

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Does this mean David was the last actor in contention with Nathan for the Mal role? Or was David already out of it by then? If so, who was the last actor cometing with nate for the Mal role?

I believe the other actor to be in contention at the end was Neal McDonough:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0568180/

Interestingly, I think McDonough, who could have been Mal, may have served as the visual reference for Ephraim (in the "Better Days" comic), who is sort of the "anti-Mal."

www.stillflying.net: "Here's how it might have been..."

MAL4PREZ

Thursday, July 3, 2008 5:55 PM

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Originally posted by Scathac:
HOWEVER, it bears noting that Joss says a lot of things in the commentary rather tongue in cheeck. He said it, but that doesn't always make it true.

But then, Joss has also said that Nathan smells like turnips, so I think we should all try and have a little more faith in the man's word.

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SPACEANJL

Thursday, July 3, 2008 8:22 PM

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You don't permanently kill off your lead, if you want to keep your show on the air for long.

Taggart. Nuff said.

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