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.
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§ ita § - Mar 01, 2010 10:54:42 am PST #4971 of 11831
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Connie Neil - Mar 01, 2010 10:56:02 am PST #4972 of 11831
brillig
Well, Fillion's got a good gig, currently, but it would definitely work.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 01, 2010 10:56:39 am PST #4973 of 11831
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
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.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 01, 2010 11:01:13 am PST #4974 of 11831
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
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.
§ ita § - Mar 01, 2010 11:06:17 am PST #4975 of 11831
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
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.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 01, 2010 11:09:15 am PST #4976 of 11831
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I'm pretty much just going off Eureka (and that short-lived horror series he did an episode of).
§ ita § - Mar 01, 2010 11:13:05 am PST #4977 of 11831
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
He has a deft hand with the irreverence and the flirtatiousness. And the sudden pulls for audience sympathy.
erikaj - Mar 01, 2010 11:32:06 am PST #4978 of 11831
Always Anti-fascist!
Yeah, and I could picturing him conning his way in somewhere, too. And he screws up onscreen without looking like a total schmuck, right? Which I think is a very "Rockford" quality...Rockford isn't cool all the time...he's not McGarrett(or Lance White)
Ginger - Mar 01, 2010 12:13:33 pm PST #4979 of 11831
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
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.
This doesn't happen to someone whose first drooling fangirl crush was Illya Nickovitch Kuryakin.
I could see Fillion or Colin as Rockford. My question is "Why?" All these remakes show a huge lack of originality and/or guts, while having the handicap of the inevitable comparison to the original.
Connie Neil - Mar 01, 2010 12:34:26 pm PST #4980 of 11831
brillig
This doesn't happen to someone whose first drooling fangirl crush was Illya Nickovitch Kuryakin.
I love when pictures of Illya show up on NCIS and they go, "Oh, look, Ducky as a youngster!"