November 09 2010
Enver Gjokai out of the running for Torchwood gig says Deadline.com.
Apparently the producers deemed him not to be a good fit. Mild casting spoilers in the article.
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manreaction | November 09, 14:12 CET
Tonya J | November 09, 14:23 CET
I think the Lonestar actor is quite talented, but looks a bit too plain.
Numfar PTB | November 09, 14:26 CET
Hard to predict these things, casting being very much an art rather than a science. Maybe he didn't have a great audition or maybe it came down to something as superficial as height (e.g. they might want someone taller than Barrowman at around 6') ? Shame because whatever the acting requirements the lad's up to it.
Saje | November 09, 14:33 CET
Simon | November 09, 14:45 CET
dance4days | November 09, 21:18 CET
Matt7325 | November 10, 00:11 CET
Granted I was a bit exasperated with Ballard as a character since I felt he was either ineffectually stalwart or somewhat effective in an ethically suspect manner. It's possible there were moments that were meant to be dramatic that I misread. It's also possible that with their set up of this Rex guy, rather than just pandering to Americans I hope, it's possible they'd play out this same sort of fall from and rise back to grace arc.
I'm curious who they finally end up casting though. I assume it can't be a completely credit-less nobody, but these superlative "blank as blank" character descriptions really are building him up to be more epic a character than even Captain Jack. In terms of other vaguely Whedon-affiliated people it seems like Chris Evans would have been pretty decent? J August Richards? Joss's Veronica Mars scene co-star, Kristen Bell? (gender aside I could have sworn there was a Veronica Mars press release with the exact same copy when they were considering that time-jump revamp season 4.)
orangewaxlion | November 10, 01:29 CET
Tonya J | November 10, 08:26 CET
And yet, Adam Baldwin kills it week after week after week on Chuck (not that many of us were late to THAT party). He could be the president or the poster-boy of plausible bad-asses with functional comedic chops.
Raggedy Edge | November 10, 11:29 CET
latinandgreek | November 10, 13:58 CET
Shapenew | November 10, 22:18 CET
In the meantime, I can only hope someone will cast him in the lead in some series. I'm currently re-watching season 2 of Dollhouse, and I find when he's on screen, I'm captivated. Even in Stop Loss, which I like, but don't think is quite as good as the rest of season 2, he elevates every scene he's in. Quite impressive, that.
guidedby | November 11, 00:06 CET
Said by someone who has been second choice at a lot of auditions.
redeem147 | November 11, 06:53 CET