Who could be the star?

[Marion]

I think Captain Blue just fainted....

[Parker Gabriel]

Here's a perfect Captain Scarlet.
Jamie Bamber has the look, and the acting talent to pull off Scarlet.

But not the AGE! He's in his middle thirties; NO actor chosen as Captain Scarlet should EVER be older than his late twenties. By that criterion, a previous choice of mine for Captain Scarlet, Matthew Waterhouse from seasons 18 and 19 of Doctor Who, no longer meets that requirement.

[Skybase Girl]

I wonder why you think any actor playing Captain Scarlet should be no older than his late twenties, Parker ?

As far as I am aware, the age of Captain Scarlet in both OCS and NCS bios is given as thirty-two at ( presumably) the time of the Mysteron war.

From a character point of view, this would seem reasonably realistic considering the career objectives achieved.

From a celebrity/age point of view, most actors in their twenties look about fifteen - certainly not plausible for someone who has achieved as much as Scarlet has.

As an aside, I actually thought Jamie Bamber looked a little young to be Scarlet - although, I admit I was watching the first series of Battlestar Galactica, which was a few years ago. However, it does illustrate my point about actors looking younger than they probably are.

[hazel]

You've got it right, Skybase Girl - it's not an actor's actual age that counts, it's the age that s/he looks, or can be made to look with suitable makeup.

[Skybase Girl]

I must admit that on looking back at Bluedog's pic of Jamie Bamber, he looks about right, age-wise. Even though I don't feel he has the spirit of Scarlet, there's something in that photo that reminds me of the NCS version in one or two episodes.

I don't know when the photo was taken - I assume off-duty "Battlestar Galactica", judging by the Abercrombie & Fitch tee-shirt !

[Parker Gabriel]

Callum Blue (of Dead Like Me and Smallville, in the latter of which he was Zod) as Col Conrad Turner, aka Captain Black??

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[Intensity Angel]

:shock: I think Captain Blue just fainted....

I think I've just gone back into depression.

Cheryl Cole as Symphony? No one, NOT GONNA HAPPEN!!

I've been looking at Formula One drivers recently and so far;

(OS of course )

Lieutenant Green - Lewis Hamilton or Felipe Massa or Juan Pablo Montoya

Captain Ochre - Jenson Button or Ralf Schumacher or Mark Webber

Captain Black - Fernando Alonso or Michael Schumacher or Damon Hill

Dr Fawn: David Coultard

[Marion]

I came across this gentleman while watching my daughter's collection of 'House' DVDs. His name is Nestor Carbonell. I understand he has also been in something called 'Lost'.
I think he could pass as OCS Black and he'd make an excellent NCS Captain Black - especially given that Lefkon had a Greek mother (by her name at least) and Nestor is a Greek name - in mythology he was an Argonaut and fought in the Trojan Wars as well.

[Parker Gabriel]

One question: Is Nestor Carbonell British? Captain Black's accent is not easy to falsify.

[hazel]

No, he's American. But I've heard many American actors doing very acceptable English accents, so I don't see that as a problem, given a decent voice coach.

(And I think you mean "reproduce" rather than "falsify")

[Marion]

NCS Black is American anyway, isn't he? And the pre-Mysteronised OCS Black speaks with an American accent... in our fantasy cast we've got all nationalities playing the various parts

[The Beta Queen]

NCS Black is, I think, supposed to be half-American, half-Greek, or some such mixture, but he still speaks with a rather cultured English accent.

I don't think the voice artistes, directors and background story writers were in the same room together very often. A case of "Hello, Left Hand, may I introduce Right Hand?", I think.

[Parker Gabriel]

Almost no two of the people who were responsible for maintaining continuity had much effective communication with each other, it doesn't look like.

[Intensity Angel]

It's such a shame. I've always found it annoying when the characters slip up, like Scarlet sometimes having a British accent and sometimes its an American-ish one.

[Marion]

I'm not so sure that's a problem, Intensity Angel. NCS Scarlet is supposed to be half-American (boo-hiss) rather than 'mere English' like OCS. Therefore, he may have interchangable accents.
These do exist. I live 'south of the Trent' now, and my husband is a southerner who thought that beyond Watford Gap there was nowt but dark, satanic mills, flat-caps and whippets. But I come from 'north of the Trent' (via 3 years studying in Yorkshire) and my accent will slip from one region to another. When I'm at work, I find my comfortable, flat northern vowels mutate into 'cap' and 'glarse' rather than 'Cup' and 'glass' - which I use when speaking to my sisters and other northern exiles. My husband can always tell if I've been speaking to another northerner because it shows in my accent- and my daughter (especially when small) used to use different pronounciations to her dad than to me. With me it was 'bathtime' with Daddy it was 'barthtime'.
I see no reason to doubt that Scarlet might well do the same as unconsciously as she did, and I still do.

Please note: the 'phonetic' spellings are only intended as examples - I can't think of another way to explain what I mean. The 'boo-hiss' comment is merely becasue I was disappointed that NCS didn't even let us (the British) keep one 'superhero' all of our own.