Battlestar Galactica getting rebooted (again) for NBS's streaming service

[Captaindemotion]

I guess he must really be a good actor, given how well he can do charming onscreen…

 

[The Wormhole]

Without googling, could you name any other role in his career aside from The A-Team and BSG..?

Off the top of my head, and without Googling, I remember he guest starred in an episode of Walker Texas Ranger.

 

[137th Gebirg]

Hisssssssssss

 

[Ithekro]

I seem to recall a story that Hollywood (or maybe just NBC) didn't want Benedict in the A-Team. He isn't in the pilot after all, but the character of "Face" was written with him in mind.

 

[Noname Given]

I seem to recall a story that Hollywood (or maybe just NBC) didn't want Benedict in the A-Team. He isn't in the pilot after all, but the character of "Face" was written with him in mind.

The creator of the show wanted Dirk Benedict for 'Face', some suit at the Network didn't (those were the days of networks making a contract with an actor and paying them whether they worked on a show or not -and the first actor had such a deal so NBC wanted to use him for the part.)

In the end, after the pilot, even the NBC suits said that the actor looked to young (at the time) to pull of the 'I'm a Vietnam War veteran"; so they then went with Dirk as the creators wanted for the actual series run.

 

[Jayson1]

He was good as both Starbuck and Face. Not sure if he was in anything else that I can even recall seeing him in it.

 

[David cgc]

The first thing that comes to mind was, appropriately, a role where he played himself as a washed-up actor in web-short pilot thing about a Hollywood agent, being recruited for a children's show spinoff of BSG. I remember Brian Dunkleman was also in it, complaining about being Ryan Seacrest's sidekick on American Idol and worrying about being "douchebag number two" for the rest of his life, a joke that's only gotten funnier with Seacrest's career insinuating himself into American cultural institutions over the past twenty years while Dunkleman... hasn't been doing that.

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[N-121973]

The creator of the show wanted Dirk Benedict for 'Face', some suit at the Network didn't (those were the days of networks making a contract with an actor and paying them whether they worked on a show or not -and the first actor had such a deal so NBC wanted to use him for the part.)

In the end, after the pilot, even the NBC suits said that the actor looked to young (at the time) to pull of the 'I'm a Vietnam War veteran"; so they then went with Dirk as the creators wanted for the actual series run.

I think something similar happened with BSG with ABC wanting someone else, I believe it was Barry Van Dyke the actor who would play Not-Starbuck aka Dillon in G80, and Glen Larson wanting Benedict.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

In fairness, both Starbucks were perfectly cast.

Exactly. Dirk was entirely appropriate for the original series, as was Katee for the reboot. Every iteration of BSG gets the Starbuck that it deserves.

And I don't know if Dirk and Katee ever managed to finally patch things up but I sincerely hope that they did.

He’s probably my favorite all-time DSC character. It’s a shame we only got to see him for one season. I suppose there is hope of seeing him again in the new SFA series. Fingers crossed…

CKR has said that he would have continued to be a part of DSC had the show not been cancelled. So I'm sure he would be willing to return for SFA.

Captain Rayner. What a guy.

 

[WarpTenLizard]

I only hope the new Starbuck is a Black non-binary pansexual purely so I can see Dirk Bennedict's reaction.

 

[KennyB]

Is this thing still alive?

 

[Skipper]

Is this thing still alive?

Nope!

 

[Rich Watson]

Is this thing still alive?

No. This was very much a product of the days when streamers where throwing around vast sums of money like the good times would never end.

 

[137th Gebirg]

[Kenobi] That boy was our only hope. [/Kenobi]

[Yoda] No... There is... another... [/Yoda]

 

[Ssosmcin]

Thank you. I found the original article via WayBack Machine

Dirk Benedict Attack On Starbuck

I don't know if anyone else read this...This is a piece that Dirk Benedict (The original Starbuck) wrote back in May 2004 for "Dreamwatch" magazine. These are his insights on the topic of his "Starbuck" being changed to a female for the new Scifi version. He seems like a complete sexist and jealous…

bsg-news.livejournal.com

Well, that's gross. I mean, I get the passion for the character he played but the comments about women are just....well, gross. Ouff.