Chances are the NBC censor will not have to worry about Ian McShane's mouth this time around; he won't be playing Frank in Deadwood. No, the new role he's tackling is a much more majestic kind of guy. What am I talking about? Ian McShane has been cast as one of the title characters in NBC's new drama Kings.McShane, who was a memorable, dirty-mouthed proprietor of a seedy saloon on HBO's Deadwood, will be King Silas on Kings. The Universal project is said to be set in modern times, although its based on a story from the Old Testament, King David (remember Richard Gere in the movie of the same name?)
Michael Green is writing, and Christopher Egan, who was a principal in Fox's ambitious failure Vanished in 2006, will play David. According to the description, he's a pure-hearted young warrior who joins the court of the charismatic and authoritative Silas after saving the life of the king's son. Um, are they sure this is a contemporary piece?
NBC will announce the 2008-09 schedule on Wednesday. Reportedly, McShane's casting is seen as a sign that Kings will get picked up. The actor, a Golden Globe winner for Deadwood, has been starring on Broadway in a revival of Harold Pinter's The Homecoming. It'll be good to see him back on TV, hopefully in something as interesting as his HBO western.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
3-30-2008 @ 7:43PM
MERVE-THE-PERVE said...
YOU MEAN AL FUCKIN SWEARINGEN, RIGHT COCKSUCKER? OR SWEDGIN AS FUCKIN WU WOULD CALL HIM.
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3-30-2008 @ 9:17PM
Tele-Toby said...
Um, yeah.... what he said.
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3-30-2008 @ 9:35PM
Smiley said...
ALLISON WALDMAN! SAN FRANCISCO! COCK-SUCKER!
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3-30-2008 @ 10:06PM
Lemon Lyman said...
Hang dai.
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3-30-2008 @ 11:06PM
bsgfan2003 said...
Oh how I miss the poesy of Deadwood speech!
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3-30-2008 @ 11:50PM
SJ said...
McShane's performance on Deadwood is definitely the best performance on TV in the last 10-20 years. I was just mesmerized whenever he was on screen.
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3-31-2008 @ 12:32AM
MERVE-THE-PERVE said...
AL SWEARINGEN WAS THE GREATEST CHARACTER ALL-TIME FOR ME!! I DIDNT EVEN LIKE WESTERNS UNTIL THAT COCKSUCKER CAME ALONG! ITS A SHAME THOSE SAN FRANCISCO COCKSUCKERS AT HBO ARE TOO CHEAP TO MAKE THOSE 2 MOVIES THEY PROMISED US. AND THAT FLAKY COCKSUCKER DAVID MILCH IS JUST AS MUCH TO BLAME AS THEM OTHER COCKSUCKERS!! LETS FEED THOSE MOTHERFUCKIN COCKSUCKERS TO THE PIGS!!!
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3-31-2008 @ 2:08AM
Phish said...
one of the BEST characters ever created, and brought to life exquisitely by Ian. Master class performance.
did he win an emmy or golden globe for his performance? if not, then its a damn mutherfuckin shame!
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3-31-2008 @ 9:35AM
SJ said...
He won a Golden Globe but not an Emmy. Can you fucking believe that? They had 3 chances to give him an emmy but they didn't.
3-31-2008 @ 2:44AM
Bryan McGuckin said...
Lovejoy!
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3-31-2008 @ 1:26PM
David said...
Albert Swearingen joined Dr. Benjamin Franklin Pierce, Dr. Gregory House, and Tony Soprano as my all-time favorite TV characters. McShane's portrayal of the foul-mouthed saloon owner was legendary. NBC will, hopefully, have a hit on their hands with "Kings". If they don't, it won't be because McShane failed to convince the audience!
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