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   Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Saturday, 21-Dec-2024 19:52:35 JST Charlie Stross

   #WritersCoffeeClub 21/12: Disney is making a musical animation of one of your stories. How well does that go?

   I'd like to see then try that with "Equoid"—

   Wait, OH NO:

   https://youtu.be/sfGtD9ySJiU

   Is nothing sacred these days?!? (But I'll give the producers of "Death of a Unicorn" points for casting Richard E. Grant, who would be my choice for Angleton.)

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     Tony Wells (tonyjwells@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 22-Dec-2024 07:02:54 JST Tony Wells

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     • Mitch Wagner

     @mitchw @cstross

     I should point out that Withnail & I is not for those of a delicate disposition.

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     Tony Wells (tonyjwells@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 22-Dec-2024 07:02:55 JST Tony Wells

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     SPOILER!!!: Most of the trailer, I think.

     Possibly a 'Knives Out' with unicorns, so I'm here for it.

     It's good to see Richard E Grant passing on scenery chewing (edit: and scene stealing) duties to Will Poulter. The A24 people know how to cast.

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     Mitch Wagner (mitchw@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 22-Dec-2024 07:02:55 JST Mitch Wagner

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     @TonyJWells @cstross The trailer looks great — we're looking forward to the movie. Richard E. Grant is not a name I recognize, so it's time for me to hit the IMDB.

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     Tony Wells (tonyjwells@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 22-Dec-2024 07:02:55 JST Tony Wells

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     • Mitch Wagner

     @mitchw @cstross

     Best known for the cult 1980's movie Withnail & I. set in 1960's student London and the countryside. He's been in a a lot of films and TV though, always worth watching, I even liked him in the Spice Girls movie.

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     Mitch Wagner (mitchw@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 22-Dec-2024 07:02:55 JST Mitch Wagner

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     • Tony Wells

     @TonyJWells @cstross I checked him out on the IMDB. I suspect he's big in the UK, but not the US. Which is OK.

     Charlie Stross repeated this.
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     Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Sunday, 22-Dec-2024 18:52:28 JST Charlie Stross

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     • Thorne Lawler

     @thorne I won't be able to help you, having seen virtually no TV/movies made since 2000 (and precious few from the previous century).

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     Thorne Lawler (thorne@rants.au)'s status on Sunday, 22-Dec-2024 18:52:29 JST Thorne Lawler

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     @cstross The struggle to not start a Laundryverse casting call, Simon Bob Pegg, is almost overwhelming.

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     SpeakerToManagers (speakertomanagers@wandering.shop)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Dec-2024 06:59:32 JST SpeakerToManagers

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     Hugh Grant is a good choice for Angleton, though I have his performance as an Oompa Loompa in “Wonka“ stuck in my head, which creates some cognitive dissonance. I have always pictured Angleton as played by Charles Dance, who has that ascetic look I associate with fanatic counterintelligence entities.

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     Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Dec-2024 19:26:40 JST Charlie Stross

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     • SpeakerToManagers

     @SpeakerToManagers No, my headcanon is Richard E. Grant.