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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我觉得女主演技已经很好了，甩其他年轻演员十条街，演张国荣那位一说话就带我出戏。真的能看出演技起码古天乐和林家栋没让我出戏。电影本质好像是流水账，而且美化了很多，一切都顺风顺水，而且跳了很多剧情… 被感动的是梅艳芳这个是生来就属于舞台的巨星
下定决心怎么苦也不要回头
挺套路但是处理得不错，这个故事里面都是好人，除了渣男
I don't like this story，女主最后的发型太可了……
后期妆容越来越接近戴佩妮。其实杨千嬅可以直接去演梅艳芳。身为艺人的不自由。演唱会的场面多来一点，就接近波西米亚了。
挺烂俗的，不过最后两个主角没在一起只是当朋友是好评，反正休闲是不错的。
其实核心反而是在各个种族（尤其是移民族裔）的和解，这个充满噱头的故事只是一个表层
并不是梅姐粉丝，也不了解她，只是耳闻过关于她的一些。单看这部电影，呈现出来的那个年代的复古气息很令人向往，但梅艳芳的一生拍的像流水账，人物故事被写得不明所以，发生得理所当然，作为一部传记片却认为每个观众都了解主角，这应该是个大忌吧……所幸还能让路人产生了解梅艳芳的欲望......
虽然很俗套 虽然现实生活里这类故事根本不太可能发生 但是我好喜欢！！！
近四个小时拆分五集的导演剪辑版，有三集多在呈现梅艳芳的爱情故事，可能对于大多数像我这样，对“梅姐”的了解仅存在“醉拳、审死官、女人花、夕阳之歌”的观众来说，这部传记电影，是不及格的。我们更期待的是这位风华绝代的“百变天后”“香港的女儿”更多样性的人生历程，比如那些经典作品的创作背景，舞台、荧幕下更丰富的生活，这其中当然包括她的情感生活，但包括不等于过度的堆叠冗长的感情戏来消费大众对“梅艳芳”三个字的情怀啊。剧情不够爱情凑，而我以为这样一位享负盛名的人物，随便取一些她的人生轨迹都可以拼出一部精彩的影片吧，又怎会缺少剧情呢？我想大多数还愿意打三星的都是冲着“梅艳芳”这个名字吧。
这片儿的宣传做得是真好，抖音天天给我哐哐推，看过的大佬们天天对着我嗷嗷哭。不信这个邪去看了。看完觉得如果有人被打动了，打动他的可能不是电影，而是梅艳芳这个人，这一整个时代。快歌不是唱兴奋，是唱反叛；慢歌不是唱伤心，而是唱唏嘘。
轻轻松松的，很舒服，结局没有落入俗套…记住，都是要还的…
4、提携后辈？
看的时候有幸包场，所以可以很大声地疯狂吐槽。
确实很好哭，可以从头哭到尾。第一次在录音室录《心债》，梅艳芳清唱的声音响起时，好听到全身都打了颤抖。但不得不说作为歌手传记片，和波西米亚狂想曲的问题一样，很流水账，而且梅姑江湖义气十足大姐大的气质并没有表现出来，蓄足了气的最后一场告别演唱会也很短。还有就是这个张国荣演得真不好，哥哥那个是调皮不是油腻好吧
不功不过稍显俗套，带不来太多东西。如果不能在能力上做更多进步，萨马拉维文做花瓶的时间不会太多了
这个故事很像《巨星嫁到》，都是女明星与普通男的激烈碰撞，不过《巨星嫁到》是俗套爱情片，《替身演员》没有让两个世界的男女破格相爱。美国版特意加大了年龄差，也是故意设定二者不该相爱。
整体比较流水账，拍摄方式有点类似《阮玲玉》，但因为剧本太过零散，很难有那种虚拟与真实的呼应感。主演只能说是有几分像梅姐，但气度神韵差了太多太多，这也造成了电影与真实影像的割裂。不过，最后梅姐唱《夕阳之歌》的镜头一出来，我还是落泪了。
最后Olivia还是没有和Antonio在一起，好可惜
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