Robert Carlyle on Stargate Universe, Take Two

[wraithfodder]

Hmm, yanked this off Mallozzi's blog tonight (12/15/2008) ... "As some of you may have heard, the wonderfully talented Robert Carlyle has signed on to join the crew of the Destiny in the upcoming Stargate: Universe series. The award-winning actor - Begbie from Trainspotting to some, Hamish Macbeth to others - will be playing the role of Dr. David Rush, the ship’s brilliant Machiavellian scientist. I see a lot of myself in Rush and, next to yours truly of course, I can’t imagine anyone better for the part. Contrary to initial reports, the Rush character is not the leader of the unplanned expedition. That honor falls to Colonel Everett Young. For now. But things could have a way of changing on board a ship manned by a disparate group with very different agendas…

hmm, hmmm, uh....

Somehow a character which is a lot of Joe Mallozzi DOES NOT inspire me to watch..

Comments

eh uh?

[klatubarada.livejournal.com]

WOW.
I .Am.STUNNED.
Robert Carlyle!?

He is well known here in the Uk and excepting the bond movie he did (which everyone in it was bleugh)he really is an excellent actor.

The other kids/actors :D will seriously have to 'raise their game' one hundredth fold just to be able to share the screen with him -and maybe that's a good thing...

*hopes furiously with fingers and toes crossed*

[klatubarada.livejournal.com]

oh no i just thought ...
'the ship’s brilliant Machiavellian scientist'

its Dr Smith from Lost in space isnt it ?

*cries softly*

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Well, he was in the beginning, then he turned into *cringe*...

[djlmarks.livejournal.com]

Wait! He's not Canadian??? Isn't that part of the agreement? We only want Canadians that do English and Scottish accents, not the real deal! What the hell??

[the-other-sandy.livejournal.com]

I see a lot of myself in Rush and, next to yours truly of course, I can’t imagine anyone better for the part.

Haven't we had enough of that with Gero Marty Stu-ing himself into Rodney all these years? If the writers are resorting to themselves as character archetypes, then it's definitely time for fresh blood in the writers room.

Of course, I've been saying it's time for fresh blood in the writers room since the back half of season 6 of SG-1.

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

I wanted new writers in Sg1 in season 4 ;)