Hm.

[selenak]

The internet tells me that J.K. Rowling's novels written as Robert Galbraith are getting filmed, which I knew already.... and that they've cast Tom "Athos" Burke as Cormoran Strike, which I hadn't known.

Um. Err. Can't see it? I mean, yes, he can brood, but he's too thin and too good looking by far, and can he do matter of actly no nonsense? From the descriptions, I was imagining a slightly younger Phil Glenister. He'd have been perfect both physically and in terms of acting force and charisma. No news about who's going to play Robin that I've heard.

Secret hope for character who hasn't actually appeared in the novels yet but gets referenced lots: if Mick Jagger Strike's notorious glam rock star father with multiple offspring ever should show up in the tv series, can he be played by Bill Nighy? Alternatively, Dennis Waterman. And for the literary agent from the second novel, Lesley Sharpe.

Above all: dear scriptwriters, don't make the mistake Sarah Phelps did with The Casual Vacancy and take away any bite the novels have. It's not that I think JKR's writing is perfect, absolutely not, but the tv adaption of The Casual Vacancy threw away so much of what made the novel interesting in favor of bland jollinesss; do not want.

...am still trying to get my head around the idea of Burke as Cormoran Strike. Ah well. Maybe he'll surprise me: it has happened before, with several actors.

Comments

[musesfool]

Huh, yeah. That's definitely more handsome than I would have gone for Strike. I hope they do right by Robin.

[selenak]

Same here. Mind you, this could be a breakout role for a younger actress, so it might be good if they use someone who doesn't have a name already. With "younger", I mean "in her mid to late twenties", of course, not someone barely out of school.

[deird1]

I was imagining a slightly younger Phil Glenister.

Wow, totally. It hadn't occurred to me, but yeah.

[selenak]

He'd have been perfect!

[jesuswasbatman]

Unfortunately, I think that nowadays no film that is expected to be a mass-market hit is allowed to have a lead actor who isn't extremely good-looking, even in the UK.

[selenak]

This is meant to be a tv miniseries, but same difference, I'm afraid, alas.

[lilacsigil]

Maybe they'll stick a chunky broken nose prosthetic on him at least?

[selenak]

Hopefully, and at least some expanded gut.

[msilverstar]

Glenister, definitely!

[selenak]

He'd have been perfect!