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Harvey Keitel Moving To Mars!?

25 July 2008 787 views One Comment

Well this came out of left field! As we reported a couple of weeks ago, Colm Meany was rumoured to be out of the US remake of Life on Mars. Now EW.com is reporting that they have a replacement…

Harvey Keitel has signed on to play Gene Hunt!

That’s a pretty major signing for the show, and another indication of the gritter direction they’re looking for, after David E. Kelly’s less than impressive pilot. Other changes include moving the show from LA to New York.

I’m genuinely impressed with this. Keitel is a heavy hitter, and it’ll be really interesting to see what he does with the role.

Jason O’Mara is still playing Sam Tyler, with Michael Imperioli now cast in the Detective Ray Carling role.

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Harvey Keitel to play Gene Hunt in US Life on Mars - Cult - Digital Spy Forums said:

[...] Originally Posted by spursgalea does anyone know what happend with Colm Meaney? i see a tralier with him in it and now Harvey Keitel is now hunt. Colm played Hunt in the David E. Kelly pilot. The network weren’t overly keen, and they are now shooting a 2nd pilot with a new show runner, and some cast changes. Colm got axed in the changes for Harvey Keitel. I’m really interested to see what Keitel will do with the role. Looks good to me though [...]