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There are rumours about Blake's 7 being remade. It's far from the first time we hear such rumours. The main new thing this time is that it's someone with the resources to do something that's spreading them, and remakes have been doing quite well lately. Even so, I fully expect that a new B7 will suck horribly. Or, at best, it will like Battlestar Galactica be an entirely new thing that only has some superficial connections to the original.
But anyway. Say that someone was to remake the old series, only with new actors and modern special effects. And, since this is a fantasy casting thing, a bottomless budget. Who'd get to play which character?
To begin with, since this is my post, all the actors will be women (we want a fertile ground for the slash). So:
Blake will be played by Claudia Christian. She can certainly pull off the charismatic single-minded leader thing, and she's about the right age for someone who's been around this rebellion thing once before.
The role of Avon we give to Hudson Leick, mostly because she's really good at the playing borderline psycho, and it wouldn't be B7 is we couldn't spend the next three decades debating if Avon is insane or just a bit stressed out.
For Vila, we give Alyson Hannigan a call, since we probably need someone who's actually pretty good at this acting thing.
Jenna, to be true to the old series, should be some serious eye candy (not that any of the previous three are exactly hard on the eyes...). I'd say Charisma Carpenter, but she's a bit old for the role. Tricia Helfer is a bit thin for my taste, but since that certainly seems to be a minority opinion we'll go with her.
Cally's role in the original series was random enough that just about anyone could do. Let's give it to Milla Jovovich, and hope whoever gets to direct uses her remarkably strong action talent.
Servalan will be played by Scarlett Johansson. Hot enough to distract anyone, and a good enough an actress to pull off the casual menace and evil that seemed to come so easily to Jacqueline Pearce.
Travis will be played by Renée O'Connor and Lena Headey, in that order. If you don't know why we need two actors here, go watch the original show :-)
Dayna should be played by someone actiony and non-European-looking, so we happily give that role to Rachel Luttrell.
Tarrant needs someone young, pretty and perky. Morena Baccarin should be able to pull that off in her sleep.
The actor who gets to play Soolin for season four also inexplicably appears as a mutoid in season one. We're confident that Summer Glau can pull off both the murderous robot and the cold-blooded assassin (perhaps a bit too easily, actually).
That's all the main ones, or did I manage to forget someone?
But anyway. Say that someone was to remake the old series, only with new actors and modern special effects. And, since this is a fantasy casting thing, a bottomless budget. Who'd get to play which character?
To begin with, since this is my post, all the actors will be women (we want a fertile ground for the slash). So:
Blake will be played by Claudia Christian. She can certainly pull off the charismatic single-minded leader thing, and she's about the right age for someone who's been around this rebellion thing once before.
The role of Avon we give to Hudson Leick, mostly because she's really good at the playing borderline psycho, and it wouldn't be B7 is we couldn't spend the next three decades debating if Avon is insane or just a bit stressed out.
For Vila, we give Alyson Hannigan a call, since we probably need someone who's actually pretty good at this acting thing.
Jenna, to be true to the old series, should be some serious eye candy (not that any of the previous three are exactly hard on the eyes...). I'd say Charisma Carpenter, but she's a bit old for the role. Tricia Helfer is a bit thin for my taste, but since that certainly seems to be a minority opinion we'll go with her.
Cally's role in the original series was random enough that just about anyone could do. Let's give it to Milla Jovovich, and hope whoever gets to direct uses her remarkably strong action talent.
Servalan will be played by Scarlett Johansson. Hot enough to distract anyone, and a good enough an actress to pull off the casual menace and evil that seemed to come so easily to Jacqueline Pearce.
Travis will be played by Renée O'Connor and Lena Headey, in that order. If you don't know why we need two actors here, go watch the original show :-)
Dayna should be played by someone actiony and non-European-looking, so we happily give that role to Rachel Luttrell.
Tarrant needs someone young, pretty and perky. Morena Baccarin should be able to pull that off in her sleep.
The actor who gets to play Soolin for season four also inexplicably appears as a mutoid in season one. We're confident that Summer Glau can pull off both the murderous robot and the cold-blooded assassin (perhaps a bit too easily, actually).
That's all the main ones, or did I manage to forget someone?
