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.
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“不管在舞台上怎么装疯卖傻 ，（谐星）下了台就要让人觉得帅”
师傅的故事明显比徒弟的故事更戏剧性，这种事故就是大家常说的“失焦”......
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妈的，因为一个电影哭的也太狠了吧，下午还在质疑电影是什么，也慢吞吞的分开了两天来看，导演做的完美一点啊！最后哭的也太惨了吧
柳乐悠弥演出来还是有种不良的气质。师徒情感人，要是北野武本人出演老年的自己就好了....
满分，无法抹下脸面的师傅与适应时代的徒弟，二者并没有关乎师徒之间传统与革新的惯用矛盾，而是用师徒理解把人物矛盾转化成故事，确实牛逼。
师傅说：既然是谐星就要记得随时装傻搞笑。他一直记着师傅的话甚至在师傅的葬礼上都要讲几个段子调侃师傅。看似不合时宜，但其实深厚的师徒情义让人非常动容。
要是法兰西座关了，阿武怎么办啊。直接泪崩了。而且都是伏笔啊。
故事节奏稍有拖沓，有些场景为了煽情拖得有些久了。还有北野武的长相真的是过于独特，柳乐优弥虽然有足够的演技来演这个角色，但毕竟还是长得太帅了。
和师傅重逢的戏份非常动人，曾经对漫才不屑一顾的师傅愿意在大家面前同徒弟一起表演，愿意当角色里那个装傻的人。影帝的表演一如既往的好，尤其相较于更靠近现在状态的诡异特效妆容。同理最后的长镜头也意思不大。
巨作和导演水平整体平庸，有句无篇。演技上大泉洋>影帝。
天呢太感动了 柳乐优弥这次演技真的赞！北野武所有不自觉的面部抽搐都学到精髓
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北野武跟师傅表演那段儿还真感人呢，结尾的长镜头我也喜欢。
2021M107/7.5 其实段子就是生活啊，让人哭着笑又笑着哭。时代的变迁是再有梦想的人也难以力挽狂澜的了，不要说放弃了梦想，明明是没有第二条路可走。年轻版北野武复刻的稍显刻意，着意于形态动作，到中后段抛弃了模仿反而更显神似，红色高跟鞋的默契让人泪奔。
「不要讨好观众，要由你告诉观众什么是有趣的」「不要让观众笑你，你要逗观众笑」师傅是很有智慧的人啊
用喜剧演绎一场悲剧，最后的长镜头不错，那些人事物都不曾磨灭。
难免有煽情的成分，但一想到导师对我。这份恩情是多少感动都不足以言说的。
北野武成长故事，师傅背着他到处拜托别人是泪点，但....
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