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classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Fred Cisin
Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 4:00 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: RE: Authenticity opinions
> I've been compared to Al Bundy...
> (I've always thought that Ed O'Neill would be a great actor for the
> role of Arthur Dent. Jacqueline Pearce for Trillian, Howard Stern
for
> Zaphod Beeblebrox)
On Thu, 3 Jun 2010, Ian King wrote:
Howard Stern as Zaphod - brilliant! Scary.
Roseanne Barr as the Vogon captain
(maybe Tom Arnold and John Goodman as Vogon guards?)
Too scary - and too obvious. Could we just go with Anthony Hopkins in
"Hannibal Lector mode"?
Paul Darrow as Ford Prefect?
I'm torn between Sean Connery and Christopher Lloyd as Slartibartfast.
Lloyd, hands down. IMHO Connery doesn't have the (blunt-edged) tool-of-fate role in
him - he's too much a mover, not a shaken.