'V' Badler 'not cast for publicity'

[Joel_Kirk]

And then it's the V vs. The Kromags?

Predator vs. V....

or Aliens vs. V...

This time...it's personal!

 

[Morpheus 02]

The other thing was just wanting to make sure there wasn't going to be a backlash [to casting Jane] in the sense of 'It's too kistchy' or 'Oh God, they have to go there to get attention for the show'."

Oh God, they have to go there to get attention for the show.

And I'm sure Marc Singer also happened to be the best actor for the role he's getting later in the season.

Actually he would seem like a great one to cast as either Chad Decker or the Father's dad... he kinda looks like them, and could bring some interesting perspective...


I think some of the background actors could be cast in REAL roles. Like Evan Kim, for example.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

To be brutally honest, I have never even seen the new version. Nor do I ever want to. I like the simplicity of the original. Cheesy though it may have been.

And I do wish that the actual final episode of the weekly series had been made. AFAIK, there's a script for it, but it was never filmed.

 

[AntonyF]

Frankly, if I never saw another minute of this snoozefest, I'd be quite contents.

I mean, REALLY--how exactly did they manage to take a show about lizard people invading Earth, and the resistance group that forms to fight them, BORING???

I agree. I gave up at some point mid-season one. And it wasn't even a case where I went "Right, that's it, no more". My friend and I just couldn't be arsed to continue watching it, and never did. It was so dull.

With the exception of Anna, I think a key problem was cast. It was just a lot of 'so what' cast with extremely average actors.

I will have to watch some with Jane Badler in. I was, and still am, a huge fan of the original V. So curiousity will get the better of me.

 

[lennier1]

Don't really care about Badler's addition to the cast. She was nice in the original, but the only time I was really looking forward to her was the 80's continuation of Mission:Impossible. And the "Australian" part isn't quite true. She's from New York, but moved to Australia full-time after the production of that M:I sequel had ended.
As for Ironside, the man is usually typecast, but he's a good actor who's able to deliver. Adding him to the original resulted in a better show, and the same is true for SeaQuest.

 

[Noname Given]

I don't mind stunt casting(Scotty or Spock in TNG for instance) but a lot of shows these days do it in a desperate attempt to save an already mediocre show rather than enhance an already solid one. It reminds me of the need to bring in Brent Spiner or William Shatner to ENT or the old cast from Melrose Place to try to salvage the horrible CW remake or the rumors swirling about bringing in the old DALLAS cast for the TNT sequel series.

And usually what happens is the show itself isn't interesting enough and the person you tune into to see is featured very little because the focus of the writers are on their new characters--problem is no one is interested in them and want more of the old guard--plus the old faces just underscore how much you miss the original and how woefully inadequate the remake is.

True. I'm sure that's exactly why Ron Roore's Battlestar Galactica (2003) cast BSG1978 alum Richard Hatch

 

[AntonyF]

And the "Australian" part isn't quite true. She's from New York, but moved to Australia full-time after the production of that M:I sequel had ended.

You put the word Australian in quote marks, yet no one has uttered that word. I said: "they got one from Australia."

 

[Noname Given]

The other thing was just wanting to make sure there wasn't going to be a backlash [to casting Jane] in the sense of 'It's too kistchy' or 'Oh God, they have to go there to get attention for the show'."

Oh God, they have to go there to get attention for the show.

And I'm sure Marc Singer also happened to be the best actor for the role he's getting later in the season.

Seriously? Singer's gonna be on the show as well? So much for there NOT being stunt casting. That ship has not only sailed, it hit a chunk of ice and sank.

Now if they can get Michael Ironside to play Ham Tyler again, then that's some stunt casting I can forgive...

Seeing Michael Ironside reprise a version of Ham Tyler would be fun. As to Marc Singer's character - is he a owner of a Ferret shop by chance?

 

[Ensign_Redshirt]

I don't mind stunt casting(Scotty or Spock in TNG for instance) but a lot of shows these days do it in a desperate attempt to save an already mediocre show rather than enhance an already solid one. It reminds me of the need to bring in Brent Spiner or William Shatner to ENT or the old cast from Melrose Place to try to salvage the horrible CW remake or the rumors swirling about bringing in the old DALLAS cast for the TNT sequel series.

And usually what happens is the show itself isn't interesting enough and the person you tune into to see is featured very little because the focus of the writers are on their new characters--problem is no one is interested in them and want more of the old guard--plus the old faces just underscore how much you miss the original and how woefully inadequate the remake is.

True. I'm sure that's exactly why Ron Roore's Battlestar Galactica (2003) cast BSG1978 alum Richard Hatch

In retrospect, Richard Hatch on nuBSG turned out quite well. Because it was an interesting character and Hatch was not an bad actor.

We'll see if V succeeds with Badler and Singer in the same way. Maybe there's a potential risk of backfiring by giving Badler (and Singer to a lesser extent) a role too similar to the one on the old show. Tom Zarek worked because it was the exact opposite of the old Apollo. So maybe they should make nuDiana a Fifth Column member for a change.

 

[Guy Gardener]

Why wouldn't she be 5th column?

Probably founded it.

That little bitch stole her empire!

Stole her empire, and makes her sleep in a testicle.

 

[Mr Light]

Stole her empire, and makes her sleep in a testicle.

LMAO

 

[AntonyF]

I'm down... erm... tuning into first episode of season 2. I'm curious to Badler. As I gave in mid-season 1 I'll need to take a story jump, but I'm sure they'll do a 'previously on'. And I'm sure sweet F A happened previously too.

 

[Saga]

if they really wanted to go for publicity they should have cast Robert Englund.

 

[Guy Gardener]

The stunt castiest thing they could do is cast Josh Holloway and Matthew Fox to fight over Elizabeth Mitchell, and then just keep stacking the deck with even more lost actors until the entire lost audience mosies on over.

 

[Noname Given]

[In retrospect, Richard Hatch on nuBSG turned out quite well. Because it was an interesting character and Hatch was not an bad actor.

I'm sorry, but:

...and Hatch was not an bad actor.

(sorry, couldn't take that with a straight face. He was bad on Streets of San Francisco, BSG1978 and nuBSG2004 - and his casting was most definitely stunt casting to try and get the original BSG1978 fanbase to give the new show a shot, and to get mister Hatch to shut up, and stop bashing RDM's plans for the remake.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I predict that the next washed-up has-been from the original show to appear in the remake will be... *shakes Magic 8-ball* ... Faye Grant.

(Michael Ironside doesn't count since he seems to actually still have a career. Although most of us would love it if he would return.)

 

[Guy Gardener]

Good gods, if the lad will do Smallville, it's not like he has any limits to the depths he will sink for a dollar.

Seaquest DSV?

Faye. Hmmm, what's she up to?

Wait wait, she "was' gorgeous and in a full season of the Greatest American Hero? Standing next to Connie Sellica most women do become invisible, no wait? Was she one of the school kids?

 

[lennier1]

Richard Hatch and acting? Sure you're not talking about the version with the goatee?

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

^ I'm actually surprised that the Survivor Richard Hatch didn't have to alter his name (for example, adding his middle initial) for that show. An actor on a reality TV show is still an actor, after all. BSG's Hatch got there first, so shouldn't the reality guy have to change it?

 

[Temis the Vorta]

[In retrospect, Richard Hatch on nuBSG turned out quite well. Because it was an interesting character and Hatch was not an bad actor.

I'm sorry, but:

...and Hatch was not an bad actor.

(sorry, couldn't take that with a straight face. He was bad on Streets of San Francisco, BSG1978 and nuBSG2004 - and his casting was most definitely stunt casting to try and get the original BSG1978 fanbase to give the new show a shot, and to get mister Hatch to shut up, and stop bashing RDM's plans for the remake.

Hatch did a fine job with the role of Zarek. That's the first time I've ever seen him in anything - I think I watched the original BSG once or twice, can't recall clearly - and if I didn't know he'd ever been in anything else, I'd still say "where the heck has this guy been and howcome I've never seen him before?"

Maybe he was a terrible actor before, and learned his craft better in the intervening years. Maybe the roles were terrible and nobody could have salvaged them. None of that matters. He did a good job on nuBSG. He's one of those actors that I would like to see in another series (especially sci fi) and if he was announced as joining the cast of this or that upcoming series, that alone would pique my interest.

And I doubt Hatch or the original BSG fanbase's complaints had any impact on anything. That kind of stuff never does, despite delusions to the contrary.

The stunt castiest thing they could do is cast Josh Holloway and Matthew Fox to fight over Elizabeth Mitchell, and then just keep stacking the deck with even more lost actors until the entire lost audience mosies on over.

The Lost audience bitches that Lost was "badly written." I can only imagine what they must think of an authentically badly written show like V.