Green Wing and Free Agents star Stephen Mangan is to play the lead role in BBC4's adaptation of the late Douglas Adams Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.
Mangan will be joined by Darren Boyd as his sidekick Richard MacDuff and Cold Feet and Friends actor Helen Baxendale, as MacDuff's girlfriend Susan.
Adapted by the Bafta-winning writer Howard Overman – who is also behind Misfits, Vexed and Merlin – Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency follows the exploits of Adams's chaotic character as he uses his unusual methods to solve crimes.
Mangan said: "I've been a fan of Douglas Adams ever since the Hitchhiker's radio series which I used to record as a child and listen to over and over again in my bedroom. It's such a thrill to now be playing one of his brilliant characters.
"Dirk is a chaotic, anarchic force of nature with a totally unique take on the world. He is described as 'lazy, untidy, dismissive and unreliable'. I've absolutely no idea why they thought I'd be right for the role."
The Dirk Gently books have formed the basis of a play and a BBC Radio 4 series but have never before been filmed for TV.
Adams's agent, Ed Victor, said: "For all the years I represented the late, great Douglas Adams, the most substantial frustration for both of us was that we couldn't get films made either of Hitchhiker or Dirk.
"Douglas once said, memorably, that 'getting a film made in Hollywood was like trying to cook a steak by having a bunch of people come into the room and breathe on it'. Well, we did eventually get a film made in Hollywood of Hitchhiker and, tragically, Douglas didn't live to see it. Nor will he see this adaptation of Dirk – but it's worth bearing in mind that Douglas always thought Dirk would make a better film than Hitchhiker and I feel sure that this new TV drama with a terrific script by Howard Overman will prove his point."
Shooting begins this week in Bristol on the 60-minute drama, which is being made by ITV Studios in association with the Welded Tandem Picture Company.
The Dirk Gently production is to be directed by Damon Thomas – who also directed BBC4 drama The First Men in the Moon – and will air early next year.
怎么说呢加菲很别扭，AIA之后的戏都有点别扭，后劲儿太大了他整个身体形态还没出来。
结尾的福音演唱会，背景降下美国国旗那一刻……本来被歌词中“God love you”所感动的我，错愕了。
老被打断还要不失礼貌接梗回应同时忙着结束小故事讲述并战战兢兢提问的连续反应可以笑一年 - gettin extra emotional when no one fckin cares -
动作、表情、笑声，都是有精心设计过的，但是没有《斯宾塞》中小k给人的不适感，我想这就是演技的高低之别吧。是杰西卡的表演让这部电影有了灵魂，变得有趣。
电影比较平，感觉劳模姐这次真有机会。现在好莱坞表演也越来越卷了，各种特效妆容今年就好几个
不了解这对夫妻原型，看得有点乏味，以为是一部传教片，似乎又不是，看片中间睡着几次，感觉流水账一样没有重点。
中规中矩的流水账传记片：Tammy是可爱的，但他们夫妇俩做的事却不可爱，相似的道貌岸然还出现在大洋彼岸的张庭夫妇，薇娅夫妇身上，不过宗教换成了“美好生活”罢了。
布道中的信仰、娱乐、政权及人性；妆容见证一切；
It has a weird combination of the worst and the best
又是一部典型的好莱坞颁奖季特供传记片，形式老套，陈陈相因。虽然电影十分平庸，但是劳模姐值得！不过也不得不感叹，为了梦寐以求的奖项，劳模姐最终还是妥协了。｜5.5
一查制片和原编剧果然都是男性，想罚整个剧组集体观摩20遍《孤身》。
故事看不进去，劳模姐真的好棒！影片实在太无聊！
流那么多血应该是割到动脉了吧？还能站起来开枪？？不如停在这里不要反杀
不愧是奥斯卡女演员的获奖影片，女主演的简直太棒了，丝毫看不到本人的痕迹。故事作为传记片完整的讲述了神棍的一生，但是作为不信教的我实在不明白讲这么个神棍有啥意义。
奥斯卡女主片。演技的确不错。注意到了框中框、镜子、界线的运用。
3星半吧，节奏太慢，跟踪的部分不知道是不是有删减，就感觉像女主的臆想，不太真实。结果真相浮出水面时，反而变得悬浮。女主的戏好，可惜男主没太接得住。
补标 1.13
劳模姐每年始终如一输出优秀的表演，这次应该是很有希望的，希望跟加菲这次都能有所收获，片子整体一般，主要靠演员魅力带动片子，跟那年的朱迪有些许相似，但都不是特别喜欢.
劳模姐的演技已经让我忘了她是谁 虽然我感觉这个剧本写的还是差了一些…
怎么看也都是一部中规中矩的传记故事，给我们结果而忽略了过程，它呈现了一个疯狂的布道者，在盲目与先锋中盘旋，对于宗教与圣经话语的立场解读也没有什么新意，靠表演来支撑的片子注定是颁奖季对于演员的衬托了。
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