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dasilva Posted Nov 4, 2003
Anyone know Simon Jones' e-mail address so we can ask him? 
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darakat - Now with pockets! Posted Nov 4, 2003
Hang on, I think it had somthing to do with mating habits of the seal! or was that an article?
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stykboy Posted Nov 8, 2003
I think Eddie Murphy would do great for the part, but sadly, Ford isn't African American.
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dasilva Posted Nov 8, 2003
So what happened with the photo-illustrated book then? 
Oh...THAT footnote 
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Cupid Stunt Posted Nov 11, 2003
I thought it was something about an inheritance?
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Sorry_I_Lied Posted Nov 13, 2003
I think it would do well to just use less than famous actors for the cast. That way people would focus on the actual plot and not on their new favorite hottest whatever blah blah. I really cannot think of anyone who would suit the parts correctly.
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fords - number 1 all over heaven Posted Nov 13, 2003
Luck? That sounds exactly like f**k!
I reckon that the casting people get some newbies in, but did anyone see Hitchhiker on Book of the Future last week? Who was that guy who played Ford? I thought he did pretty well.
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lunatic_head Posted Nov 14, 2003
I can imagine Patrick Stuart reciting some great Vogon poetry in a semi alien Borg style... How about it?
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fords - number 1 all over heaven Posted Jan 12, 2004
Patrick Stewart would be better as the book, methinks 
Here's a crazy idea - if we're going to have big names in the film, let's have them in roles where they wouldn't be instantly recognisable...
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captainhcc Posted Jan 13, 2004
'Tis clear to me. Patrick Stewart is the Voice of the Book.
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darakat - Now with pockets! Posted Jan 13, 2004
Personally I like the idea od Sir David Atinbouroug (however you spell it) as the voice of the book.
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Jim Lynn Posted Jan 13, 2004
Real casting news:
Arthur: Martin Freeman (Tim from 'The Office')
Slartibartfast: Bill Nighy (recently in Love Actually)
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_855223.html?menu=news.latestheadlines
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Mister Matty Posted Jan 13, 2004
The director has done bugger-all else, though. Which is hardly good news.
I'd like to see Brian Sewell as The Book.
There are rumours that Martin Freeman (Tim, in "The Office") is a possibility to play Arthur Dent. He's certainly the right age (it's easy to forget, but in the book Arthur is a young man in his early 30s) but I'm not sure he's "English" enough.
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