In article <cv9hq313rm35m1lels2b45hd84mcvv329r@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Merrick
Baldelli <mbaldelli@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:11:40 -0500, Audie Murphy's Ghost
> <takebackamerica@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >Ferrell's too old for Ralph, unless they're retooling this...
>
> [Ferrell's] too old... At soon to be 41? You've got to be
> kidding. Culp was already 51 when "Greatest American Hero" began it's
> run.
Culp played Bill, not Ralph. I'd agree that Ferrell is not too old for
Bill. Lessee ... William Katt was 30 (and looked younger) when the
show started. As you say, Culp was 51. Will Ferrell turns 41 in July.
Ferrell splits the difference, but he looks older.
> And Hollywood is notorious for re-tooling something they're
> going to re-do. Did you not see the whole part where I talked about,
> "wouldn't it be cool to..."? That's a guarantee and a gimme that this
> sort of thing is going to be re-tooled.
>
> >thing... to make Ralph and Bill pretty much the same age. You said in
> >another post that you think they'd be casting Bill older than Culp
> >(Robert, not Steven, right?), but I think they'll go younger. Ferrell
> >is right for Bill -- well, not that he's *right*, but you know what I
> >mean. I'll bet my left garbonzo bean they'll try to get Ferrell.
>
> The thing is though Ferrell does a lot of sight gags. I can't
> see it being back seated to a sup****ting actor role.
You have a point there.
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