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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."
Zaphod is played by Sam Rockwell
Is he going to feign an English accent, pretend to be Scottish or just forget the origins of the book and use his native Californian accent?
Odds are on the last one I think.
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Because it mentions rappers, who are for the most part black, as well as Roots, and the casting of white people in said movie. It is therefore quite obviously racist, and the moderators are trying to ease their guilty consciences by down-modding something which, although they don't have a problem with, might be seen as objectionable by the easily excitable thereby ameliorating any latent guilt they may have.