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Not as I pictured Dirk
JulesK Started conversation Jul 14, 2007
Dirk Gently by the BBC:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6898007.stm
But I guess everyone visualises characters differently. Has Enfield done straight acting before, I only know him for his comedy (not my 
)?
I have always preferred the DG books over HHGTG 
so I await this with interest.
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There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho Posted Jul 15, 2007
Me neither. And I'm not a fan of Harry Enfield. He's really not that good. Paul Whitefield and Kathy Burke were in a different class when they worked with him on his show. The only characters that I ever thought were any good were Time Nice But Dim, and Stavros from Friday Night Live. Loadsamoney was a nice comment on the times but a crappy portrayal.
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Sho - employed again! Posted Jul 15, 2007
oh my - I'm having the same feeling about this as I do about the revelation that Catherine Tate will be 
next companion
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U168592 Posted Jul 15, 2007
Not as I pictured Dirk either. I think Nick Frost would make a good Dirk.
Oh well. I'll watch it, but I always preferred the written word to the tv version when it comes to Adams.
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U168592 Posted Jul 15, 2007
oops, it's RADIO 
Well, perhaps he'll be able to pull it off. But having Douglas reading it to me at home, you can't really beat that 
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JulesK Posted Jul 15, 2007
Sorry, missed that technical detail
Hmm. I suppose that's not quite the same as feeling a character looks wrong - however knowing who is doing the voice is just going to make one think of Enfield anyway.
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2legs - Hey, babe, take a walk on the wild side... Posted Jul 15, 2007
Seemed like a really peculia choice to me too... 
Perhaps he's been chosen for an accent he can do or soemthing... I can picture and hear Dirk, but I can't quite put my finger on who it'd be in terms of that 'idea' of him I have as an actor...
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I'm not really here Posted Jul 16, 2007
I always thought of Dirk as being a bit fatter than Harry Enfield.
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2legs - Hey, babe, take a walk on the wild side... Posted Jul 16, 2007
Wasn't Dirk also ment to be of some non British European background... Mind the BBC radio adaptations of the DNA books have never failed to be fantastic thus far, so my hopes are still high
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- 3: Sho - employed again! (Jul 15, 2007)
- 4: U168592 (Jul 15, 2007)
- 5: U168592 (Jul 15, 2007)
- 6: Sho - employed again! (Jul 15, 2007)
- 7: JulesK (Jul 15, 2007)
- 8: 2legs - Hey, babe, take a walk on the wild side... (Jul 15, 2007)
- 9: I'm not really here (Jul 16, 2007)
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