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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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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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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.
Some REAL information:
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.
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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the book was actually the third generation of the story.
Second. The novel predates the TV series.