links of the day and imaginary film casting

[anotheranon]

Fencing comes out of the dark: Chess with Knives interviews my coach (Ray Finkleman) and other local fencers/coaches. Nice to see the sport get some coverage. (Yeah, yeah, it's from the Times - there's supposed to be something in the Post as well but I can't find it).

From Slashdot - Hitchhiker's Guide movie starts filming in April. My own personal pick would have been Jack Davenport as Arthur Dent (Steve from Coupling, the British sea captian from POTC), but as I've never heard of any of the actors listed, I'll withold judgment (Interestingly, Zaphod Beeblebrox isn't cast yet, and /. isn't the only place I've seen mention Eddie Izzard for the role).

More movie geekiness attn. semmie17 and hadesgirl: Johnny Depp won't be playing Crowley in "Good Omens", which is a real pity, IMHO - I think he would have been really good as a demon racing around London in a Bentley, but who should have been Aziraphale? And I did always see Christina Ricci as Anathema Device...

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[ragdoll.livejournal.com]

Mos Def is African American which means Arthur Dent is going to be black. Which is fine, I guess, although it'll be hard for me to wrap my head around anyone but David Dixon as Ford Prefect.

Weirdly, I only know who Zooey DeChanel is because until recently someone was using her as an icon avatar for Ginny Weasel in our Harry Potter RPG.

I wish Good Omens hadn't fallen through. *sobs* Neil mentioned it again recently in his journal as being dead in the water. At least until further notice.