another one added to the spin-off cast

[dysfunkshunell1.livejournal.com]

From the Futon Critic

CRIMINAL MINDS (CBS) - Matt Ryan ("The Tudors") is on track to join the cast of the potential spin-off, about "a new group of profilers who work outside the FBI bureaucracy." He'll reportedly play Mick Fleming, "a Cambridge-educated British ex-Mercenary, formerly of the British Special Forces, an expert sniper and a ladies man." Forest Whitaker also stars in the hour, which Richard Shepard is directing from a script by Chris Mundy and Ed Bernero. ABC Studios, CBS Television Studios and The Mark Gordon Company are co-producing.

Comments

[weaselistic.livejournal.com]

The original casting call specified the ethnicity of one character as African American, but a while later, there was a new casting call, exact same role, but "Caucasian or Hispanic" instead of "African American". Days later, the news about Forest Whitaker in the team leader role (which had had open ethnicity) broke...

... can't have two African American guys in the same cast, huh? ;O

[ladymalchav.livejournal.com]

Well, you could, but it's probably a good idea to open up the role for another token if you can.


/scarcasm

[weaselistic.livejournal.com]

Well, on the bright side, putting the sole African American in the role of the team leader, mentor-type, instead of the ex-convict as previously intended, that's an improvement.

[eiko82.livejournal.com]

Well, you never know. Maybe they merged the two together e.g the ex-convict became the team leader.

Anyways, I agree with you that having an African-American as team leader is definitely an improvement.

[weaselistic.livejournal.com]

Nah, they still have the ex-convict listed, so unless they want to have tow ex-cons... XD we should be safe.

But you never know how the characters change during and after the casting process. And then comes the writing... they could all turn into very cool characters, or not, regardless of the initial casting call. :3