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.
二次伤害依然很痛啊…小本和AA都非常有感染力
conner替埃文死了一次 换来一次新生 很治愈
还是来看了（…）本普拉特的超龄演绎没有外网骂得那么糟糕，给阿拉娜新加的那首主题歌很不错，但除此以外就（。）墨菲全家尤其是辛西娅的演员的演技都非常让人无语，电影为了篇幅删掉了我个人非常喜欢并且对配角人物丰富度也非常重要的几首歌，改编的结尾seems to give Connor a closure但实际上让人感觉更像是Evan的自我感动，真的不如不改
为什么这么多人骂啊，剧粉表示有Ben Platt还要什么自行车啊！
远不如剧版，可能因为抱了太大期待其实还蛮失望的。抛开剧情故事本身的争议，改编成电影后的冲击力被削弱太多了。不过可能我的Ben Platt滤镜太厚，倒没觉得他演的高中生有什么问题。Broadway什么时候回来我太想再看音乐剧了！
2.男主角一开始选择欺骗是移情，他在自己的家庭无法得到的东西，他希望在别人身上得到，孤独自卑的人有时候会通过自我欺骗、自我伤害来吸引别人的注意，在别人的目光寻找认同、关注，寻找活下去的养分。
和音乐剧差距悬殊💔 删什么都不该删对于情节发展至关重要的good for u，可能是因为咩咩唱不了（但是咩咩演得超棒！anonymous one太拉垮了，Alana也变成了让人生厌的角色。
虽然和《壁花少年》《奇迹男孩》一样关注身心有缺陷的人群，但是这个主角不讨人喜欢。
剧的优秀之处就在于虽然看完后大家对于各角色都有自己（甚至有些尖锐）的看法，但因为这些冲突矛盾真实&初心确实是好的以及故事完整音乐也很抓耳，所以总来的说不管带给你什么感受它都还是部值得一看的佳作。电影版我对ben演高中生其实没啥意见，倒是Connor我很疑惑，比起被孤立的人我觉得他更像带头霸凌他人的老大好吧，不过这也不重要。电影让我最恶心的一点是把角色自身的特点全都弱化甚至删没了，父母直接变工具人，Jared不那么刻薄嘲讽了（虽然我觉得和表演有关）Zoe很快接受了哥哥的挚友，至于Alana，这什么善良可爱惹人怜的小天使？但全员脸谱化加冲突弱化有让电影更好嘛？？说实话我不理解得过托尼奖还有演技派女星撑腰结果最后出来的结果就这？清醒一点别瞎搞了，还不如出个官摄。
一听到alana问 你吃的是什么药 立马就破防了
看完又是发自内心地微笑，最近一直特别容易被浅浅感动。观影过程中一直被谎言困扰心神，后来思索着也许是我太胆小了，倒也挺好笑。
除了evan老了一些些，又一次哭哭笑笑上头。
Every time Amy Adams showed up with her sad tearful smile, I became a crying mess on automatic. I don’t blame Evan for going along with the lie. Also, I can’t recall crying as hard as near the end of the “so big/so small” song (oh wait I do recall, last time it was when I was watching that lesbian movie about painting a girl on fire)
第一次在爱尔兰看无字幕电影 索性英语还是很友好的 可能是我错过了啥感觉conor自杀原因没交代明白 两位妈妈演技赞 代入感很强 就我们都是缺爱的人啊
降低心理预期看就还好，能在影院听DEH我有什么可不知足的
才半小时已经尴尬的不行了……怎会如此……明明在西区看现场的时候觉得还挺能代的，so big/so small还看哭了呢……｜看完了，真没必要搞电影版……BP也不适合演这个角色了……
题材和电影本身的社会意义大于剧情，虎头蛇尾是最大的感觉，男二这么帅完全变成工具人。
看完这个后我怒去刷了几遍模糊的现场版来平复心情。
之前没看电影的时候就在听歌了
conner替埃文死了一次 换来一次新生 很治愈
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