david boreanaz as mal?

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EVILDINOSAUR

Saturday, June 28, 2008 12:11 AM

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?

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WYTCHCROFT

Saturday, June 28, 2008 12:20 AM

he does have a fear of chickens...

i always thought Mal was written for Christian Kane but...

i remebering hoping they would make Young Han Solo with Boreanaz - back when he was still on Buffy...
(and he would've made a great Annakin... back then - but maybe that's just me.)

now i can only imagine Nathan as han solo - ha ha:)

PHYRELIGHT

Saturday, June 28, 2008 12:41 AM

Yup! Its true!

'Course IMHO, if they ever create a character that is Mal's brother, I bet David would be great to fill that roll.

Darksiders can keep their cookies. We have better writers.

Grrr. Argghh.

Really can't wait to see Cap'n Tightpants sing!

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DANIELFYRE

Sunday, June 29, 2008 4:47 AM

Fear of Chickens really? I don't even know where there are chickens in Firefly. I think maybe there are a few of them when they pick up Simon and River...and Joss really wouldn't have just taken the chickens out of that one scene? Also...does he eat chicken? I guess my question is does it matter if the chicken is alive or dead? Note: Though I think David is awesome I feel that Nathan was WAY better than he could've been but I'm just curious.

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JEWELSTAITEFAN

Monday, June 30, 2008 6:50 AM

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?

SIMONWHO

Monday, June 30, 2008 9:43 PM

Remember, Firefly was launched during Angel Season 4 so that would have meant Joss intentionally ending one of his own shows to cast a role in another.

A bit unlikely sounding to me.

ZEEK

Monday, June 30, 2008 10:28 PM

I sorta doubt it was the fear of chickens. David has always seemed like kind of a jerk to me. I remember some interview he had where they asked him about being friends with the cast and he said something like he doesn't like to socialize with people he works with. Then there was the time I was going to a Buffy Anniversary Marathon and it turned out he was in town and the director of the event tried to get him to just make a brief appearance but he said he was trying to change his image or some junk and ditched. The director of the event gave the impression he was pretty rude about it. So, he started making fun of him being fat. lol

Still I get the impression he wouldn't be a fun dude to meet as a fan.

And seriously you know it's going to be a bunch of Buffy fans at a Buffy marathon. No matter how much image changing you do we'll always remember you first as Angel. Bah!

Edit: got more side tracked about the jerk thing. Anyway I think he probably turned it down for that image changing thing. Probably wanted to do more realistic roles like Bones than the hero sci fi/fantasy roles.

AURAPTOR

Monday, June 30, 2008 10:34 PM

Still don't get the afraid of chickens reference.... Gosslings, now that i'd understand, especially if one had to juggle them... ?

As for DB wanting to change his image, isn't that sorta the same thing SMG went through , to some extent ? Not defending the guy, he might very well be a jerk and all.....he's certainly not Nathan when it comes to embracing a character or a show.... but it's good to see DB out doing his own thing, as it were. Hope he does well.

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RALLEM

Monday, June 30, 2008 10:34 PM

I am glad that Nathan Fillion got the role as Mal.

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DAVESHAYNE

Monday, June 30, 2008 10:58 PM

Quote:
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."

It seems unlikely if for no other reason that when Firefly was in development David had a long term gig with Angel. Though I do recall jokes being made in the Serenity (The Episode) commentary regarding chickens and Boreanaz. Perhaps this is what the trivia question referred to.

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