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Granny Weatherwax - ACE - Hells Belle, Mother-in-Law from the Pit - Haunting near you on Saturday Posted Sep 3, 2001
Wot a good idea Argon0, I second Jane Horrocks as Trillian & Jack Dee as Marvin if Stephen Moore can't/won't do it. I'd like to see an audition tape of Martin Clunes as Arthur.
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orangerocket Posted Sep 4, 2001
I'd like to see Rik Mayall as Zaphod - I think he could bring just the right amount of madness to the role.
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Argon0 (50 and feeling it - back for a bit) Posted Sep 4, 2001
I fink you mistook my meaning - I was pointing to Jane as absolutely the wrong person to play Trill....
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fords - number 1 all over heaven Posted Sep 4, 2001
That would be so funny, and it would work, if Rik Mayall was Zaphod...a very wise choice 
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Argon0 (50 and feeling it - back for a bit) Posted Sep 4, 2001
Rik Mayall as Zaphod........ Hmm - its a bit mad... but it might just work.
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fords - number 1 all over heaven Posted Sep 6, 2001
Rik Mayall acts as if he has two heads anyway, he would be perfect! 
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Researcher 183860 Posted Sep 6, 2001
Please excuse me for not knowing, but who is Rick Mayall? I would like to see Hugh Grant as Arthur Dent. Do you think perhaps D.A. is spending a year dead just for tax purposes?
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Argon0 (50 and feeling it - back for a bit) Posted Sep 7, 2001
Rik Mayall was one of the Young Ones (vivian?) and one of the two out of Bottom, as well as Drop Dead Fred....
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fords - number 1 all over heaven Posted Sep 9, 2001
lol, could be, could be 
Jim must go.
Very Bad Man Posted Sep 9, 2001
JC oh no. But then again who? The problem with the Arthur role is that he has to be intrinsicly rather boring, well apart from that night on the hill, and well Hollywood superstars tend to be fairly exciting. Paul Daniels maybe? erm maybe not a lot. VBM out. (peace)
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Researcher 184009 Posted Sep 10, 2001
I'm not sure about appearance... but Eric Idle sounds like a good voice for arthur. Now Jim Carey? I truly think that Is a rumour. I'm still curious what they're gonna do with Zaphod in the movie... that'll probably take a lot of make up... And I also wonder what they may do with Marvin. Actually I don't think they should make this movie. I don't even know for sure if they are. A lot of us are huge fans of this series, and by making a movie of it... it may spoil the whole thing.
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Argon0 (50 and feeling it - back for a bit) Posted Sep 10, 2001
But it could also be a masterpiece (as long as they keep JC at least a light year away from it! Saw Me, Myself and Irene last night - What a waste of time - 2 or 3 laughs is all...)... It would also be the culmination of DNAs dreams, and should be done as a memorial to him....
Well that's my HO...
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fords - number 1 all over heaven Posted Sep 13, 2001
At least we have the technology to create realistic robots (although Marvin is cute and retro ) and to create an extra head onto Zaphod. Maybe it's a good thing in a way that the film has been stuck in Development Hell?
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Argon0 (50 and feeling it - back for a bit) Posted Sep 15, 2001
Time to bring it out though... If they can make LOTR they can make THHGTTG too....
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fords - number 1 all over heaven Posted Sep 18, 2001
Hear hear, Hitchhikers is far superior.
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Argon0 (50 and feeling it - back for a bit) Posted Sep 19, 2001
Shorter too...
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Kirikugi - Muse of Lavalamps Posted Sep 22, 2001
I have two nominations for roles in the movie - both british...
Nicholas Lyndhurst (Rodney from Only Fools and Horses but using his voice from Goodnight Sweetheart) as Arthur and Alan Davies (Jonathan Creek) as Ford. Just imagine him saying 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' a few times.
-K
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fords - number 1 all over heaven Posted Sep 25, 2001
Hmmmmmm, and he has crazy hair too just like David Dixon! Sweet!
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Argon0 (50 and feeling it - back for a bit) Posted Sep 28, 2001
Alan Davies as Ford? - How about as Arthur.... Nah - 2nd thoughts - NL makes a better Arthur...
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Purple Moose - He comes, he goes. But mainly the latter... Posted Oct 8, 2001
What about Phil Jupitus as Vogon Jeltz? 
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- 301: Granny Weatherwax - ACE - Hells Belle, Mother-in-Law from the Pit - Haunting near you on Saturday (Sep 3, 2001)
- 302: orangerocket (Sep 4, 2001)
- 303: Argon0 (50 and feeling it - back for a bit) (Sep 4, 2001)
- 304: fords - number 1 all over heaven (Sep 4, 2001)
- 305: Argon0 (50 and feeling it - back for a bit) (Sep 4, 2001)
- 306: fords - number 1 all over heaven (Sep 6, 2001)
- 307: Researcher 183860 (Sep 6, 2001)
- 308: Argon0 (50 and feeling it - back for a bit) (Sep 7, 2001)
- 309: fords - number 1 all over heaven (Sep 9, 2001)
- 310: Very Bad Man (Sep 9, 2001)
- 311: Researcher 184009 (Sep 10, 2001)
- 312: Argon0 (50 and feeling it - back for a bit) (Sep 10, 2001)
- 313: fords - number 1 all over heaven (Sep 13, 2001)
- 314: Argon0 (50 and feeling it - back for a bit) (Sep 15, 2001)
- 315: fords - number 1 all over heaven (Sep 18, 2001)
- 316: Argon0 (50 and feeling it - back for a bit) (Sep 19, 2001)
- 317: Kirikugi - Muse of Lavalamps (Sep 22, 2001)
- 318: fords - number 1 all over heaven (Sep 25, 2001)
- 319: Argon0 (50 and feeling it - back for a bit) (Sep 28, 2001)
- 320: Purple Moose - He comes, he goes. But mainly the latter... (Oct 8, 2001)
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