# Cast the Hitchhikers' Guide characters

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-hitchhikers-guide-characters/120920>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 26, 2002, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-hitchhikers-guide-characters/120920 "2002-07-26T12:48:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2002, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-hitchhikers-guide-characters/120920/41 "2002-07-27T05:00:28Z")

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I have this odd image of Colin Firth as Dent. I’ve always seen Dent as being very square, very British and oddly likeable - fits Firth to a T.

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**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2002, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-hitchhikers-guide-characters/120920/42 "2002-07-27T06:00:07Z")

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Hugh Laurie would make a _great_ Arthur Dent. And hell, Stephen Fry for Marvin. 😃

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**Author:** ![Roadwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@Roadwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadwalker)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2002, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-hitchhikers-guide-characters/120920/43 "2002-07-27T17:01:22Z")

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Bruce Willis for Wanko the Sane.  
I’m stuck on the Golgafrinchin Captain, Bill Clinton?

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**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2002, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-hitchhikers-guide-characters/120920/44 "2002-07-27T21:28:10Z")

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Zaphod should be played by **Denis Leary**! How about that? Loud, obnoxious, and funny.

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**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2002, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-hitchhikers-guide-characters/120920/45 "2002-07-28T01:50:06Z")

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I actually saw the TV series before I’d read the books, so I always just pictured the characters in the books as the actors who’d played them on the show.

Except for Trillian, who for some reason I always pictured as Miranda Richardson. And I totally agree with **kilt-wearin’ man** that Chris Barrie would be perfect as Arthur Dent.

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**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2002, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-hitchhikers-guide-characters/120920/46 "2002-07-28T13:01:36Z")

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Oh _yes_, Alessan - Colin Firth would make a very good Arthur Dent.

Martin Kemp for Ford Prefect?

How about a Trillian in her thirties? In which case Fay Ripley would be ideal.

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