Welcome to another casting feature for The Vicious Planet.
Today we will look at possible casting picks for Captain Vancouver Smith.
Vancouver Smith is a retired imperial military officer. But he was not a soldier, he never fought on the front lines of any battle. He was an assassin. For many years he killed without question believing in the absolute authority of the United Empire. Then one day he was ordered to do more than just eliminate a single target, he was told to eliminate the entire family. He carried out the order but afterwards he did something he had never done before, he asked why. He was soon discharged and left wondering what to do with himself and whether or not the things he had done were worth it. Smith went into the field of humanitarianism.
Years later he was called back to serve as the captain of the imperial space colony ship Endevour. As Captain Vancouver Smith he was looking forward to a fresh start on a new planet. But of course things did not go as planned and they ended up on The Vicious Planet.
My first casting pick is Terry O'Quinn.
He had been on shows like Lost, Hawaii 5-0, Millennium and many other roles in film and television. I think he could play Captain Smith a character haunted by his past but trying to move forward as a leader.
My next casting pick is Colm Feore.
Colm Feore is a great character actor and I think he could probably make a good Captain Smith.
Next we have Miguel Ferrer.
I like Miguel Ferrer. He has been in a lot of good stuff.
And my last casting pick is Zeljko Ivanek.
He is a very good character actor.
And once again I thought I would have more to say for each of these. Anyway there is a reason I chose these actors, they are not known for having a lot of hair and as you may have noticed Captain Vancouver Smith does not have a lot of hair. They are all still good actors but having less hair has the bonus of not having to worry about whether or not an actor is willing to give up some hair for the role.
