American Life on Mars sounds promising

Nov 22, 2007 at 1:28 PM
3 comments

They’ve cast two Irish blokes in the leads for American Life on Mars. Jason O’Mara (Monarch of the Glen, Band of Brothers, The Bill) plays Sam Tyler and Colm Meaney (Die Hard 2, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Layer Cake) is in the Gene Hunt role. And Mr Meaney reports that the script is excellent.
   While actors always say nice things about their current projects, I believe it is reasonable to trust Mr Meaney’s trans-Atlantic judgement. His sensibilities bridge both sides of the Pond.
   Normally I would not have rated Mr Meaney as Gene Hunt but after Layer Cake, I think the guy can pull it off, albeit with an American accent.
   IMDB says the pilot is in post right now, confirming what Ceji learned. Another interesting factoid from IMDB is that Edmund Butt, who scored the original series, is listed as the composer for the remake.

3 comments

Tags:

This also appears in:

Comments

I will still be shakin' in my boots until I see the first episode. It's just a fact.

was just thinking of Colm Meany the other day as I think I saw him on one of the Star Trek spin offs and wondered what ever happened to him. Think he will be good as the Gene Hunt character. Philip Glenister is currently in a period drama over here called Cranbrook.

I heard about Cranbrook: Phil seems to be going further and further back in time!

American Life on Mars sounds promising

Comments

Post a comment

About Me

My Links

My Groups

Neighborhood

Tags

Archives

Magazines