# What TV show should Nathan Fillion do now? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 13, 2016, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715 "2016-05-13T21:18:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715/1 "2016-05-13T21:18:21Z")
Castle is done. ☹ Firefly looks impossible. ☹ So what next? ---
**Author:** ![iljitsch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/77aa72/32.png) [@iljitsch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iljitsch)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715/2 "2016-05-13T21:34:19Z")
Two guys, a girl and a pizza place? ---
**Author:** ![tonyfop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/85f322/32.png) [@tonyfop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tonyfop)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715/3 "2016-05-13T21:40:29Z")
FIREFLY!!! A guy can hope, right? \ ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715/4 "2016-05-13T21:50:31Z")
Spectrum 2016 ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715/5 "2016-05-13T21:52:07Z")
He’s probably the only actor who can instantly ask for an receive a multi-million dollar role as a superhero in big budget movies, and be willing to play that part for the rest of his days. Whereas, for example, Robert Downey Jr. or Chris Pratt will probably want to move on to other things. It looks like he’s been cast as Wonder Man in Guardians of the Galaxy 2. So that may be his next big thing. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715/6 "2016-05-13T22:03:31Z")
OK, so which Marvel superhero that we haven’t seen in the movie universe should he be cast as? I mean, on the one hand he’d be perfect. On the other, I can’t think of any roles that would fit him. ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715/7 "2016-05-13T22:04:12Z")
A gay love story or gay porn. Either works for me. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715/8 "2016-05-13T22:04:36Z")
Wonder Man? Lame. I mean, I’m sure he’ll be great, but Wonder Man is lame. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715/9 "2016-05-13T22:07:16Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > Wonder Man? Lame. I mean, I’m sure he’ll be great, but Wonder Man is lame. Wonder Man is lame. Wonder Man played by Nathan Fillion would be great. ---
**Author:** ![Cartoonacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715/10 "2016-05-13T22:08:18Z")
Green Lantern. (I know he’s not Marvel. But I want a Green Lantern TV series.) ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715/11 "2016-05-13T22:25:44Z")
> [@Cartoonacy](#): > > Green Lantern. (I know he’s not Marvel. But I want a Green Lantern TV series.) I only know of GL from some brief descriptions right before the movie came out (which I didn’t watch). My understanding is that his ring allows him to create anything, from will. It also seems to involve a lot of dealing with aliens. Overall, it sounds like a larger budget than a TV show could handle. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715/12 "2016-05-13T22:29:10Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Wonder Man is lame. > > Wonder Man played by Nathan Fillion would be great. Right! Just like Captain Hammer was lame, but Nathan Fillion _as_ Captain Hammer was brilliant. He’d also make a great Booster Gold. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715/13 "2016-05-13T22:52:21Z")
Come to think of it, Fillion does have more of a DC vibe, somehow. The only reason I specified Marvel is that the DC movies are crap. But stick him into the Arrowflashverse… ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715/14 "2016-05-13T23:00:03Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > OK, so which Marvel superhero that we haven’t seen in the movie universe should he be cast as? The Swordsman. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715/15 "2016-05-13T23:18:44Z")
Maybe they’ll cast him in the upcoming Star Trek series. Or a remake of The Rockford Files. Either that, or Aqua Man. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715/16 "2016-05-13T23:19:57Z")
Rockford Files. YES!!! ---
**Author:** ![zoog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7ea924/32.png) [@zoog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoog)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715/17 "2016-05-13T23:28:10Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > Or a remake of The Rockford Files. That sounds like a great fit, I’d watch that. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715/18 "2016-05-14T02:10:38Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Right! Just like Captain Hammer was lame, but Nathan Fillion _as_ Captain Hammer was brilliant. > > He’d also make a great Booster Gold. There is in fact a Booster Gold movie in the works, by the same people who do the Flash and Arrow shows. Nathan Fillion would be the perfect fit. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715/19 "2016-05-14T02:45:34Z")
Yeah, Jim Rockford. Absolutely. Jim Garner would approve. But who to play Angel? We need a new take. Margolin owned that role. ETA: He’s still alive and working! ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715/20 "2016-05-14T03:40:45Z")
BJ McKay in the _BJ and the Bear_ reboot. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-should-nathan-fillion-do-now/754715.md?page=2)