'That' era became popular with a work of fantasy. I wrote about him because he's still a popular name today.
New StarGate series Prime Video.
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The new team walk into the gatroom and Jack and Tealc are playing golf
Sure it's always nice to see a show find some unknowns to build up, but there is absolutely no way a show like this is going to limit itself to nothing but newcomers, they're going to want at least a few known experienced actors who they know will be able to carry a show like this, and to bring in viewers.
And I watch a ton of stuff on Netflix and Amazon, and they're filled with tons of big name actors, and even the less well known actors still have fairly big filmographies. I really don't see where the ratio of known to unknow actors on the average Netflix or Prime show is really all that different from any network or cable show.
I follow TV and movie productions fairly closely and I never once heard of an actor being cast in a lead role in a show or movie based solely on their IG follower count. Yes there have been a few times where a show has brought in a influencer for a one off guest role, but that's usually a one time bit of stunt casting, and that kind of thing has been a part of Hollywood since long before social media was a thing. Hell even the Rodenberry and Berman era Trek shows did that, like when they had Mick Fleetwood on TNG, then Prince now King Abdulla II of Jordan, and Iggy Pop on DS9.
And the only concern should be the actor's fitness for the role, and their acting talent, their social media following should not be a concern. So you'd rather see them turn down an incredibly talented actor who was absolute perfect for the role, but who has 6,000,000 followers, in favor of the absolute worst actor who they had ever seen, who did not fit the role at all, but only has 1,000 followers?
Then-Prince Abdullah doesn't really fit the category, because he wasn't a well-known celebrity in the US at the time, and his appearance was just a brief walk-on cameo as an extra, arranged as a gift to him because he was a big Trek fan. It was more about catering to him than catering to the audience.
If they're looking for a similar setup to SG-1/SGA with a male lead playing a military officer with a sense of humor, they could certainly do a lot worse than Ackles. He's also the right age if the character is meant to be around the same rank O'Neill was when SG-1 started.
But any sort of casting speculation is hard to do at this point when we have no clue what their angle is for this new show. I imagine they want something familiar but they probably also don't want to retread old ground.
That only came out in 1993? Weird, I could have sworn I'd seen it much earlier than that.
Wikipedia and IMDb say 1993. Wikipedia doesn't have a source.
OK, that's a fair point. I was just thinking of names I'd seen of lists of high profile people who appeared on Star Trek, and he was one that came up several times.
When I first watched that video, I envisioned this project as something similar to Disney's recent Star Wars trilogy, bringing together experienced 'old' and 'new' actors. Then, I thought it would be better if, while having a well-known, popular name in the lead role, the rest of the supporting cast consisted of young, unknown talent and some experienced Stargate actors. I think they could have brought in a well-known but not cheap TV actor like Jason Momoa (although he played in the series before he became famous, he's now known for popular TV shows and movies) or Jensen Ackles. When I mentioned Netflix stars in my initial review, I was mostly thinking of the extremely popular actors from Stranger Things, but they would never accept this project unless they were offered $20 million a season. As for Wednesday Show, none of them would accept except Emma Myers, and even she would only accept because she's a "nerd." (Let me explain Emma Myers' "nerd" status: most of the films she's in, or will be in, are either fantasy, science fiction, or animation.) Beyond that, younger actors who have appeared in projects like Outer Banks and Ginny & Georgia might also accept projects, but some also star in films alongside more popular actors like Mel Gibson or Johnny Depp; those two names are probably more popular than all the actors in the Stargate series combined. As for Prime Video, with a few exceptions, none of the actors in shows like The Boys or Gen V earn less than half the money that popular names like Millie Bobby Brown or Jenna Ortega earn in a single project, so those names could also be on the list.
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I'm really confused, is your problem that you don't like actors who have been on Amazon & Netlfix shows, or just that you don't think they'd be able to afford them?
No, I love it. But I think some of the actors on Netflix are too big for this kind of project and will cause problems among the experienced actors from Stargate. I was trying to say that the Stargate producers shouldn't choose such big names for this project. I was implying that Jason Momoa wouldn't have any problems with the team because he's been in a Stargate project before and is still friends with some of the actors from Atlantis. I said Jensen Ackles probably won't be cheap, but he's an actor who, for example, won't earn as much money as Millie Bobby Brown earns in any Netflix movie.
On Amazon, however, with the exception of a few names who appeared in The Boys, such as Karl Urban and Giancarlo Esposito, most of the actors who star in Prime Video shows are cheap actors.
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That doesn't follow. It's true that Myers is a fantasy buff in real life (specifically Star Wars and Lord of the Rings according to Wikipedia), but it doesn't make sense to assume that an actor's choice of roles is necessarily motivated by their personal tastes. After all, typecasting is an age-old practice; lots of people who don't like SF or fantasy have ended up typecast in genre roles anyway, because actors tend to get offered roles similar to their earlier ones whether they like it or not.
Yes, her role in the BBC show "A Good Girl's Guide to Murder" is the complete opposite of what I'm saying, but she generally chooses productions that suit her tastes, such as the Minecraft movie, Angry Birds Movie 3, and even the English dub of Star Wars Visions season 3. For example, she accepted the Minecraft movie simply because she's a Minecraft fan. She even had a role in the body-switching themed film "Family Switch," which was released on Netflix.
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