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Davis or Springfield?

posted 12 years ago by red_rackham_77
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I just saw Nick Knight on DVD, it looked great, I loved that the pathologist is a guy and not a woman with a romantic/fascination interest in Nick. Nothing against Nigel but this dark Lacroix is awsome.

Garret Wayne Davis was alright too but I always wondered why I never got to see him shirtless on the show. And I wonder why was every actor recasted except Kapelos?

Bottom line for me: Rick Springfield looked great as a vampire. I wonder what else was different about this Nick Knight to Forever Knight? Nick is really Jean-Pierre and not Nicholas, Lacroix looks more like an older brother to Nick rather then a father figure. Maybe Jean-Pierre wasn't a knight from the Crusade, I wonder what he really was.

[–] mickeykost 12 years ago

Loved Geraint Wyn Davies and Nigel Bennett much more as Nick Knight and Lucien LaCroix.

Nick Knight was shown in 1989 and Forever Knight was made in 1992 in different cities and countries. Right there explains the majority of cast changes. I'm glad John Kapelos was in both versions.

The two-part opener mostly followed the Nick Knight script, but Schanke's car crash isn't shown, just described by him to Nick at the garage. I think a Nick and Alyce Hunter conversation in NK wasn't shown in FK, she just followed him instead of riding in his car.

[–] red_rackham_77 12 years ago

Well to each their own, like I said no offense to anyone on forever knight. I still wished that this show got a chance at least this version of the show.

[–] mickeykost 12 years ago

CBS passed it up at the time, then it got done as FK for their Crimetime After Primetime slot. When CBS got Letterman, bye bye FK, it made it into syndication so it was basically cancelled and brought back again. I think it was basically gone again and USA Network decided they wanted it, but with changes (bye Schanke, John Kaplelos decided against continuing with the show with reduced air time and Schanke would have been promoted and been the captain at the precinct where Nick worked) (Deborah Duchene was fired because they didn't consider her sexy enough, that's why Lisa Ryder was brought in).

It's probably better that they went with the later version.

Nigel Bennett, btw, is less than fifteen years older than Geraint Wyn Davies. I found his LaCroix much more dangerous and deadly and his line delivery so much better than Michael Nader's.

[–] red_rackham_77 12 years ago

"Deborah Duchene was fired because they didn't consider her sexy enough, that's why Lisa Ryder was brought in"

Sons of bitches! So why was she brought back at the last episode?

[–] mickeykost 12 years ago

Afaik, because the show liked her, the actors and crew. Catherine Disher would also have been cut except GWD said he'd leave if she was.

I'm sure you can see why I liked the first two seasons the best.

[–] red_rackham_77 12 years ago

You and me both and GWD standing by her shows he isn't a shallow actor and telling USA need to get off the beatiful actors stereotypes.

[–] lexyladyjax 12 years ago

When the series was created Parriot wanted to do more dramatic flashbacks. Springfield didn't have the acting skills to do what would be required of him. Adrian Paul, Paul Gross and Geraint Wyn Davies auditioned for the part. Wyn Davies was chosen. He's an award-nominated and gifted actor.

It's not Davis, it's Wyn Davies.

[–] red_rackham_77 12 years ago

My God! Adrian Paul? No wonder the Highlander is the same as FK.

[–] lm362 10 years ago

I like them both. As I recall, the Nick Knight character's real name was Jean-Pierre(hope I spelled these right) while Forever Knight's character was named Nicholas de Brabant and both took the alias name of Nick Knight. I always wished they would have brought Rick Springfield's Nick Knight character on to the show as possibly Nick's relative. Rick's characters alias name would have only required a slight change, in my opinion, and I think that could have worked and been an interesting episode where the t.v. movie and t.v. series was blended together.

[–] red_rackham_77 10 years ago

Nothing against the show but I liked the one with Rick, I loved that the pathologist was played by a guy. Natalie was all right but the drama of woman mortal in love with a vampire while he has been with so many other women even when she was around and then the up in down of their relationship.

[–] lexyladyjax 10 years ago

That would have been too much of a sausage fest. Natalie's attempts to cure Nick make the series more interesting. Come back when you've seen the final episode ( if you have not yet done so). It ranks as the most tragic finale in the history of finales.

Some things you just can't ride around...

[–] lexyladyjax 10 years ago

Wyn Davies, always. Geraint Wyn Davies is a much better actor than Rick Springfield any day or night.

Some things you just can't ride around...