Mal's Father
POSTED BY: teethgrinder
UPDATED: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 02:41
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IF another season of FIREFLY or a sequel /prequel to SERENITY is in the horizon , Who would you like to play the role of Mal's
dad?
My personal choice ... Mark Harmon (NCIS)or
Mike Rowe (Dirty Jobs).
What about the rest of his family? The rest of the crew's family?
"I'm smelling a lot of IFs coming out of this plan"
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Wait, MAL HAS A FATHER? I thought his was a virgin birth; that he emerged, fully formed and Godlike in his glory....
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Harrison Ford
There's no way they could afford him, or if he's even heard of FIREFLY/SERENITY let alone would be interested. But it would still be cool if they could pull it off.
Either him or William Shatner. Mal has to be the son of either Han Solo or Captain Kirk. Just has to.
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IIRC, it was mentioned somewhere that Mal was raised by his mother alone. Therefore, it's unlikely that we'd ever get the opportunity to meet the man who helped give life to our 'Captain Tightpants'. It is much more likely that we'd see his mother, even if she's dead by the time the events of the series (or even the movie) occur.
Check out the continuing adventures of the Big Damn Heroes of Joss Whedon's Firefly in [url= http://www.stillflying.net]Virtual Firefly: Here's How It Might Have Been[/url]
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Lets see, just off the top of my head for starters,
1) Denise Richards; Kaylee’s sister
2) Robin Williams dressed in drag; Jayne’s mother
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I agree with either Mark Harmon or Harrison Ford.
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Yep, Harrison Ford would be awesome. I see Mal's Pa as a restless younger son of a wealthy family who pissed off and disappointed his parents and traveled around the 'verse for a while having adventures until finally settling down with a wife totally unsuitable to his parents but was the best thing to ever happen to him.
Any resemblance to any American, Aussie etc pioneers or baby boomers is totally not intended.
Mal's M is problem as I have a picture of her in my head. Attractive, yet a steely strength about her. Intelligent and able to discipline and be a Ma to a growing boy and to lead dozens of ranch hands. And an astute business woman.
No actress I know of can project all these qualities.
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H'mm, I tend to picture mal's Ma as being a twisted cross between maggy thatcher and any number of stereotypical large farm cooks.
Soon as I saw the topic though, Mandy Patinkin came to my mind as his dad, if only for the revenge dialogue!
'That torpedo hit us hard. We've got serious damage to the thrusters, heat warping in the secondary camshaft and the right side emergency jets completely knackered. We can't thrust, our shafts bent, and we'll probably never shoot off from the right hand again!'
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"My name is Mal.
You kill my father.
Prepare to die."
BLAM!
That's SO Mal.
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