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Alternative Cast

posted 14 years ago by ah_cynicism
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If a new version of the Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy were being made, who would you have playing the various roles?

Here's mine:
Arthur - Jack Davenport
Ford - Richard Coyle
Trillian - Difficult, but I'm vaguely tempted by Daisy Haggard
Zaphod - Kevin Kline
Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz - Richard Griffiths
Marvin - STILL Stephen Moore. There is no one better.
Book - Benedict Cumberbatch/Juliette Stevenson
Prosser - Mel Smith
Slartibartfast - Clive Swift
Majikthise - Alan Rickman
Vroomfondle - Reece Shearsmith
Deep Thought - I wish Ian Richardson were still alive, but he isn't, so Christopher Lee.
Max Quardlepleen - Martin Savage
Frankie and Benjie Mouse - Rosearik Rikki Simons and Richard Horvitz (in their Gir/Invader Zim voices)
Dish of the day - Timothy Spall
Smug, self-satisfied doors - Stephen Hawking
Eddie the computer - Greg Proops
Maitre d' - Mark Gatiss
Lunkwill and Fook (and their descendants) - Michael Palin and Terry Jones
Hotblack Desiato's Bodyguard - Robbie Coltrane

[–] laurence01 12 years ago

One point I would suggest (from the original radio version). I think that Richard Griffiths should play both "Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz" and "Prosser". That was one piece of irony that later versions lost.

Let Zygons Be Zygons.

[–] ah_cynicism 12 years ago

Good idea! I get the irony.