Also? (And I keep meaning to bring this up everytime we mention Garner). I have a friend named James Garner also from Norman, who was also not born James Garner but acquired it through adoption, and James Garner spoke at my friend James Garner's graduation from Oklahoma in Norman.
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I still pant over Garner every time I watch The Great Escape. Oh, and David McCallum.
I'm a recent NCIS convert, and I get whiplash every time I see a movie with young!McCallum and think of him as Ducky.
I'd watch a Rockford Files with Nathan Fillion in it.
I didn't know until now, but I would too.
A friend sent me this link about Rockford Files casting. As soon as I saw the title I thought of Fillion, but it turned out that totally wasn't why she sent it to me.
Well, Fillion's got a good gig, currently, but it would definitely work.
I'd watch a Rockford Files with Nathan Fillion in it.
OK, maybe not 100% unthinkable. But I prefer NF where he is at the moment.
A friend sent me this link about Rockford Files casting.
How had I forgotten about that article? I'd already read the NF idea. No wonder it pinged me as so right. Ah, senior moments.
Much as I like him, I can't really see Colin as was also suggested. But I'd probably watch it anyway.
I think Colin could do it. But I don't know if he's shown that onscreen yet.
eta: But Nathan is definitely my #1 pick.
I'm pretty much just going off Eureka (and that short-lived horror series he did an episode of).
He has a deft hand with the irreverence and the flirtatiousness. And the sudden pulls for audience sympathy.