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New Cast Information For 'Hitchhiker's' Movie
Kathleen writes "I was listening to the old Hitchiker's radio plays, and feeling nostalgic, I decide to check out how the movie version was going along. Well, they've filled out some important parts, Zaphod and Marvin have been cast. Zaphod is played by Sam Rockwell who's most recently been in Matchstick Men and Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. Marvin is being played by Warwick Davis (Who was Willow Ufgood in Willow). Slartibartfast will be played by Bill Nighy. This news is a little distressing, since I was under the impression that Stephen Moore would still be handling the voice of Marvin."
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Great choice for Arthur Dent. He's from The Office. Anyone else seen that - it seems like a /. show. It's like Office Space with more bite.
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As previously announced, that part has been awarded to Mos Def, who has turned in some pretty solid performances. His was one of the only watchable roles in The Italian Job remake and he did a great tirn with a minor role in Monster's Ball.
...is probably better know to the Slashdot crowd as the "extra/red-shirt/6th crew member" in "Galaxy Quest". He also played the main villian in the first "Charlie's Angels" movie, and is actually slowly moving up the Hollywood chain of success. I think this is a good choice, though certainly others could work as well. (for example, I think Robin Williams could do that part well).
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The radio series came first, dimwit
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If they want to do this well, they will go back to the original radio and TV scripts for the majority of their inspiration, as the book was actually the third generation of the story. (IMHO)
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It's the IMDB website info for the movie. Besides, if you looked at the actor's IMDB bios, you'd see that at the top of every one thier roles in the Hitchiker's movie are listed.
That being said, Rockwell can do a lot of different voices, and I have little doubt he could do British if that was the direction they went with the character. Although I hope not.
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Nothing in the radio show is from the book, as the radio show came first. Obviously this required verbal exposition in the radio show to actually tell the story.
Not passage from "the book", passages from "The Book" (as in "The Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy, by Douglas Adams, starring Peter Jones as The Book")
> Just cause the guy is black doesn't mean [...] that there will be Hip Hop
Do you even know who Mos Def is?
Connecting him with hip-hop is not being racist. That's what he did (quite well I might add) before he decided to be a mediocre actor.
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Note that Nighy is NOT confirmed for Slarti. Note that Warwick as the body of Marvin means nothing about his voice. And Moore has NOT been cast as the voice. Mos Def is the most controversial choice, but let's not write him off as Ford just cos nobody expected a black guy in the role before.
Alright, Jim Carrey plays a minor role in the film, but the part he plays he is amazing for and the movie is a work of art. It was a low budget movie from the early 90s and it is hillarious! Definitely check it out if you ever get the chance.
Everyone else here has mentioned "The Italian Job" already, so I'll content myself with pointing out that Mos Def also does a lot of on- and off-Broadway live theater work in New York City, for which he's won an Obie award and been nominated for a Tony.
He's an extremely talented actor who happens to also be a pretty good lyricist as well. Get over it.
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The book passages in question are from that fictional Wholly Remarkable Book, not the novels.
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Again I say... WHEN did I say Ford had to be white? There are plenty of British actors who are black. I wish people would stop turning this into a race baiting thread. Just to be completely clear:
1. I have no problem with a black actor playing Ford
2. I DO have a problem with American actors in a British work
3. I don't think that Americans are very good at sarcasm without coming off as mean spirited
4. I don't think hip-hop and the HHGTTG mix regardless of whether the hip-hop artist is white or black. Eminem as Ford would be equally bad as Ford in my opinion.
5. Just because I dislike what passes for mainstream hip-hop these days, doesn't mean I dislike black people. If anything, that's a pretty racist viewpoint on the part of the people who accused me of being racist.
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It's been a month or more now so I don't remember where I originally found this picture from, but it's apparently the idea they have in mind for Marvin. I've uploaded it to my own webspace: http://jglonek.mystdrag.com/files/marvin.gif Also, just because Warwick Davis is acting as Marvin why do people (especially the original poster) think that he will do Marvin's voice too? I highly doubt he will.
On the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The (2005) page they have more casting.
Ford Perfect, Arthor, and Trillian are all listed.
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I always liked the Marvin from the Illustrated HHGTTG.
Actually, I liked the Zaphod & the Trillian too.
Worth noting, though, is that if you subscribe to their IMDbPro web site, they have news items (subscription required) available from The Hollywood Reporter that confirm the casting of Martin Freeman (Dent), Mos Def (Prefect), Rockwell (Zaphod), and others. It may still not be written in stone, but when it comes from The Hollywood Reporter, it can be considered pretty reputable.
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I quote from The Hollywood Reporter, 9/17/2002:
Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum's Spyglass Entertainment has tapped "Chicken Run" scribe Karey Kirkpatrick to co-adapt Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy." [...] Adams had begun adapting the project for the big screen before his death in May 2001, and Kirkpatrick will work from his draft. [...] Adams will receive an executive producer credit along with Robbie Stamp and Jonathan Glickman, president of production at Spyglass. Derek Evans, senior vp production at Spyglass, will co-produce and oversee.
Full item is here but you have to be a paid subscriber to read it.
the book was actually the third generation of the story.
Second. The novel predates the TV series.