Ray Wise (Leland from Twin Peaks) joins Dollhouse

[TV Lowdown]

Wise, who was fantastic in Twin Peaks playing the father of the murdered Laura Palmer, has joined the cast of Dollhouse in a possibly recurring role.

Very cool. Leland/Bob was one of the creepiest characters on TV, so I've got high hopes for Wise's Dollhouse character.

 

[species5618]

Between this, Jamie Bamber, Michael Hogan and Summer Glau making appearances in the upcoming season, Dollhouse certainly seems to be doing okay on the casting front--let's just hope the upcoming season is much more like the last half of season 1 than the abysmal first half.

And yes, Ray Wise was great in Twin Peaks. Hopefully he gets a similarly memorable role here.

 

[Lindley]

That's it. Joss has made a deal with the devil.....

 

[bigdaddy]

Yeah I think more people will know him by the devil in Reaper than in a show that was canceled 20 years ago.

 

[OmahaStar]

That's it. Joss has made a deal with the devil.....

On this board, he may be equally well known as that proto-Vulcan in Who Watches the Watchers?

 

[Kirkman1987]

That's it. Joss has made a deal with the devil.....

On this board, he may be equally well known as that proto-Vulcan in Who Watches the Watchers?

No doubt about it, Ray Wise has never stopped playing creepy awkward guys.

"Will somebody dance with me..!?!"

 

[TheSeeker]

That's it. Joss has made a deal with the devil.....

On this board, he may be equally well known as that proto-Vulcan in Who Watches the Watchers?

That was him?

Anyway, very cool news. I loved him as the devil in Reaper. Him and Sock were the best things about the show. Well, Andy was pretty easy on the eyes too...

 

[WillsBabe]

I am so looking forward to the new season. Every new bit of info just adds to my anticipation. And I've just received my season one box set, too!

 

[Samurai8472]

"DON'T TOUCH ME MAN!"

I still remember him as a bad guy in "Robocop"

 

[Captaindemotion]

Wasn't he also Vice President Hal Gardener (a Green Lantern reference, apparently) in 24?

He's always good value for money. Anothe good add to an increasingly interesting cast.

 

[pork3]

Wasn't he also Vice President Hal Gardener (a Green Lantern reference, apparently) in 24?

He's always good value for money. Anothe good add to an increasingly interesting cast.

Hopefully the quality of the writing improves to a point to match the increasingly interesting cast.

After that episode where the big reveal was that she was a PETA nut who got her boyfriend killed, I'm slightly skeptical...

-Jamman

 

[Lindley]

Well, the big question for me is how they'll fit the 2019 story into the main 2010 story.

 

[Borgminister]

Was just recently on Warehouse 13, wasn't he?

Another bit of great news for the show; now I can watch for intriguing stories to go along with catching boob and leg shots...

 

[Mr Light]

So this DVD-only episode, is it canon? 'Cause I'm not gonna be buying the DVD of this... to force someone to shell out bucks to get an integral part of the story would be a little skeevy.

 

[sidious618]

Yeah I think more people will know him by the devil in Reaper than in a show that was canceled 20 years ago.

You'd probably be wrong about that. Reaper got like on tenth of the ratings and one twentieth of the press that Twin Peaks did.

 

[Lindley]

So this DVD-only episode, is it canon? 'Cause I'm not gonna be buying the DVD of this... to force someone to shell out bucks to get an integral part of the story would be a little skeevy.

It's definitely canon....as to whether or not it'll ever air, who knows. There were strange legal issues with airing it as part of season 1, but maybe they'll shoehorn it into season 2 or something.

You can kind of think of it like B5's "Deconstruction". It shows glimpses of the future, and gives you a good idea where this is all headed. But unless they start driving that story forward concurrently with the "now" story, it shouldn't be required viewing for the start of season 2.

On the one hand, I can't see them teasing 2019 like that and then not following it up. On the other, the 2019 timeframe is pretty much a completely different show----so I can't see them shifting the focus there either. Most likely it'll be somewhere in between.

 

[Turtletrekker]

That's it. Joss has made a deal with the devil.....

On this board, he may be equally well known as that proto-Vulcan in Who Watches the Watchers?

He also played Arturus in the season finale of VOY S4, Hope and Fear.

 

[IndyJones]

Was just recently on Warehouse 13, wasn't he?

No. but he was on Psych a week or two ago.

 

[Borgminister]

Was just recently on Warehouse 13, wasn't he?

No. but he was on Psych a week or two ago.

Right! Some of the Eureka cast was on WH13, my mix-up.

Hope he plays some ambiguously evil character...

 

[P0sitr0nic]

That's it. Joss has made a deal with the devil.....

On this board, he may be equally well known as that proto-Vulcan in Who Watches the Watchers?

That is true. Thats my favorite Ep of TNG.