# Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 27, 2003, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-movie/221217 "2003-12-27T03:16:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2003, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-movie/221217/21 "2003-12-27T11:02:20Z")
I just watched “Dogma” again, and I have to agree that Mr. Rickman would be perfect for Marvin. Christopher Walken would be a perfect Max Quordlepleen-- Friendly and charming, yet completely insane. I’ve always pictured Slartibartfast as a sort of clueless wizard, so Sir Ian would be be perfect, methinks. Either him or Tom Baker. Maybe it’s due to my seeing that silly Kevin Smith flick, but wouldn’t Salma Hayek make a great Trillian? ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2003, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-movie/221217/22 "2003-12-27T11:21:36Z")
I don’t really think much of Hugh Grant, but I agree that he’ll be good for the role of Dent. He’s good with those confused, bewildered and lonely characters and should be able to manage Arthur Dent’s dry sarcasm pretty well. But I’m really curious as to how they’ll pull this movie off. It’s got me pretty excited though. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2003, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-movie/221217/23 "2003-12-27T11:35:59Z")
I’ve thought of Conan O’Brien as Max Quordlepleen lately. I think I remember Max being described as tall and gangly and such, which Conan sure is, and I happen to like him best of the big three Late Night hosts. ---
**Author:** ![Futile\_Gesture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f05b48/32.png) [@Futile\_Gesture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Futile_Gesture)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2003, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-movie/221217/24 "2003-12-27T13:21:59Z")
If they dare cast either Hugh Grant or Jim Carey the boycott campaign starts here. ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2003, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-movie/221217/25 "2003-12-27T15:29:38Z")
Bruce Campbell as Zaphod! Bruce Campbell as Zaphod! Bruce Campbell as Zaphod ---
**Author:** ![Shawn\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@Shawn\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shawn_K)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2003, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-movie/221217/26 "2003-12-27T16:10:29Z")
Hugh Grant was pretty good in Love, Actually. Most of that cast (with the exception of some of the younger set) would be good for a HH movie. – Shawn K. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2003, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-movie/221217/27 "2003-12-27T16:44:06Z")
Forget who plays Dent, Zaphod or Prefect, I want to know who could be cast as \*\*Mr. L. Prosser. \*\* One of my all time favorite little interesting side characters in literature. For some reason I’ve always pictured the guy who played Boogeror another character acter (American) who is snide and weasley, who’s name I’ve never heard and I can’t remember a damn movie he’s been in. Hope that’s vague enough. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2003, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-movie/221217/28 "2003-12-27T16:46:39Z")
I found this [site](http://hhgproject.org/intro.html) . Kinda interesting for brushing up on HHGTTG. ---
**Author:** ![zoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/71c47a/32.png) [@zoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoo)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2003, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-movie/221217/29 "2003-12-27T17:37:43Z")
Thank you for the link S.U. Can anyone find a good link to get the latest HHGTTG movie info? ---
**Author:** ![raz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@raz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raz)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2003, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-movie/221217/30 "2003-12-27T17:47:53Z")
God no. Jim Carey? NO NO NO, that is the worst possible choice. He’d foul it up for sure. Sure, he’s kinda funny sometimes but his glory days are over. I dunno, though, I’m not exactly sure how good a movie would be. The books are cool enough. ---
**Author:** ![Wearia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Wearia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wearia)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2003, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-movie/221217/31 "2003-12-27T18:16:27Z")
Eric Idle would make a good voice for the guide. I still have no idea for any of the main characters. They’d need to be someone who acts like their character normally so you don’t get a sense that thier are acting. I can’t think of anyone who matches the descriptions. ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2003, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-movie/221217/32 "2003-12-27T18:56:53Z")
I just hope and pray that they get someone remotely intelligent-looking to play Trillian. That baby-voiced bimbo from the TV show was an awful choice. And here’s another vote for Eddie Izzard as Zaphod. FanTABulous! ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2003, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-movie/221217/33 "2003-12-27T19:18:58Z")
Rowen Atkinson annoys me, and I wouldn’t mind Hugh Grant, either. He’s not nearly as nauseating as the idea of Jim Carrey! Izzard? Casting perfection. ---
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2003, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-movie/221217/34 "2003-12-27T19:22:57Z")
What about Colin Firth as Arthur? And help me out with the name of the character who makes it his mission to insult everyone in the world. Just for comedy’s sake I think Gilbert Gottfried or Wallace Shawn would be great for that part. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2003, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-movie/221217/35 "2003-12-27T19:52:16Z")
Colin Firth is way to yummy and delicious and boinkable as Arthur. What about, non-Brit Owen Wilson, except he’d been tooo droll. And then we’d need Jackie Chan in there some where. ---
**Author:** ![Roadwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@Roadwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadwalker)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2003, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-movie/221217/36 "2003-12-27T22:27:35Z")
If they actually made HHG into a film, the cast would have to be more ensemble. Jim Carey doesn’t work well there, so I wouldn’t worry about it too much. Gilbert Gottfried is a perfect Wowbagger. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Raven\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@The\_Raven\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Raven_1)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2003, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-movie/221217/37 "2003-12-27T22:33:54Z")
Howyadoin, How about Bob Hoskins as Dentarthurdent? Too old perhaps? Eddie Izzard as Zaphod, right on… -Rav ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2003, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-movie/221217/38 "2003-12-27T22:39:01Z")
Hugh Grant should soooooooo be in the movie. He’d be perfect as Dish of the Day. ---
**Author:** ![Skott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Skott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skott)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2003, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-movie/221217/39 "2003-12-27T23:12:58Z")
Ever since I saw him on Whose Line, I’ve always envisioned [Paul Merton](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0581615/) as Arthur. He’s pretty much how I’ve always pictured him: tall, bumbly, and with the occasional bit of really good sarcastic humor. I know Douglas Adams was working on a script while he was alive and heard that the version he turned in was “absolutely horrid”. I kind of figured that the project would fall apart after his death, though. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2003, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-movie/221217/40 "2003-12-27T23:28:54Z")
My picks - Bill Pullman as Arthur Dent (if you’ve never seen him nerdy, check out “Sibling Rivalry” with Kirstie Alley - a surprisingly good film, actually.) The rest don’t fit with Bill Pullman, but I think he would be the perfect Arthur Dent, so I don’t want to kick him off my list. Seth Green as Ford Prefect. Ryan Reynolds as Zaphod. Claire Danes as Trillian. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-movie/221217.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-movie/221217.md?page=3)